Performance Testing with JMeter 3 - Third Edition

Table of contents

1. Preface
   1. What this book covers
   2. What you need for this book
   3. Who this book is for
   4. Conventions
   5. Reader feedback
   6. Customer support
      1. Downloading the example code
      2. Errata
      3. Piracy
      4. Questions
2. Performance Testing Fundamentals
   1. The incident
   2. The aftermath
   3. Performance testing
   4. Performance testing and tuning
      1. Baselines
      2. Load and stress testing
   5. JMeter to the rescue
   6. Up and running with JMeter
      1. Installation
         1. Installing Java JDK
         2. Setting up JAVA_HOME
            1. On Windows
            2. On Unix
      2. Running JMeter
         1. Command-line options
         2. JMeter's classpath
         3. Configuring a proxy server
         4. Running in non-GUI mode
         5. Running in server mode
         6. Overriding properties
   7. Tracking errors during test execution
   8. Configuring JMeter
   9. Summary
3. Recording Your First Test
   1. Configuring the JMeter HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder
   2. Setting up your browser to use the proxy server
      1. Using a browser extension
      2. Changing the machine system settings
      3. Running your first recorded scenario
         1. Excilys bank case study
         2. Parameterizing the script
            1. Extracting information during test run
   3. Anatomy of a JMeter test
      1. Test plan
      2. Thread groups
      3. Controllers
      4. Samplers
      5. Logic controllers
      6. Test fragments
      7. Listeners
      8. Timers
      9. Assertions
      10. Configuration elements
      11. Preprocessor and Postprocessor elements
   4. Summary
4. Submitting Forms
   1. Capturing simple forms
      1. Handling checkboxes
      2. Handling radio buttons
      3. Handling file uploads
      4. Handling file downloads
      5. Posting JSON data
      6. Reading JSON data
         1. Using JSR223 PostProcessor
      7. Handling XML responses
   2. Summary
5. Managing Sessions
   1. Managing sessions with cookies
   2. Managing sessions with URL rewriting
   3. Summary
6. Monitoring Tests in Real-Time
   1. Setting up InfluxDB
   2. Setting up Grafana
   3. Creating an InfluxDB database for our test plan
      1. Connecting Grafana to the database
   4. Putting it all together
      1. Importing the Grafana dashboard
   5. Summary
7. Distributed Testing
   1. Remote testing with JMeter
      1. Configuring JMeter slave nodes
         1. Configuring one slave per machine
         2. Configuring the master node
         3. Configuring multiple slave nodes on a single box
         4. Configuring the master node
   2. Leveraging the cloud for distributed testing
      1. Obtaining your access key, secret key, and key pair
      2. Launching the AWS instance
      3. Executing the test plan
      4. Viewing the results from the virtual machines
   3. Using cloud services
      1. Using Flood.io
      2. Using BlazeMeter
   4. Summary
8. Helpful Tips - Part 1
   1. Dummy Sampler
   2. Debug Sampler
   3. JDBC Request Sampler
      1. Setting up the H2 database
      2. Configuring a JDBC Connection Configuration component
      3. Adding a JDBC Request Sampler
   4. Using a MongoDB Sampler
   5. Summary
9. Helpful Tips - Part 2
   1. JMeter properties and variables
   2. JMeter functions
   3. Using timers in your test plan
      1. The Constant Timer
      2. The Gaussian Random Timer
      3. The Uniform Random Timer
      4. The Constant Throughput Timer
      5. The Synchronizing Timer
      6. The Poisson Random Timer
   4. The Regular Expression tester
   5. The JSON Path Extractor element
   6. Handling RESTful web services
   7. Working with the reporting dashboard
   8. Summary