Install JMeter | Setup JMeter | Configure JMeter

By the end of this post, you will be able to install/configure and run JMeter on your system.

Jmeter is Java application and it should run on any system that has a compatible Java implementation.

Pre-requisites:

Java must be installed to run JMeter

Java:

Download and Install latest JRE (Java Runtime Environment) from Oracle

Download JMeter:

Download the latest version of JMeter from Apache, download .zip file (apache-jmeter-2.11.zip)

Install JMeter:

To install JMeter, unzip the .zip file into the directory where you want JMeter to be installed. After unzipping, installation directory structure should look like as shown below.

Run JMeter:

To run JMeter in GUI mode navigate to the JMeter installation directory/bin and run jmeter.bat