Run JMeter – GUI Mode | Server Mode| Non GUI

We can run JMeter in 3 modes:

• GUI Mode
• Server Mode
• NON GUI or command line mode

GUI Mode:

Run JMeter in GUI mode by running the JMETER_HOME/bin/jmeter.bat

GUI appearance

Server Mode

This mode is used to for distributed testing; it follows client-server architecture

Client - the system running Jmeter GUI, which controls the test

Server – the system running jmeter-server, which takes commands from the GUI and send requests to

the target system(s)

Target– the webserver we plan to Stress/Load test

We can start the JMeter server component by running the JMETER_HOME/bin/jmeter-server (unix) or JMETER_HOME/bin/jmeter-server.bat (windows)

NON GUI - Command line mode

We can run JMeter in command line mode as:

• Open command prompt
• Navigate to JMETER_HOME/bin directory
• Run the following cmd

jmeter -n -t scriptname.jmx -l filename.jtl

-n, --nongui (run JMeter in nongui mode)

-t, --testfile <argument> (the jmeter test(.jmx) file to run)

-l, --logfile <argument> (the file to log samples to)