Using homebrew to install and configure JMeter under Mac OSX

Context:

You have a MacOSX and want to install Apache JMeter in 5 seconds and you’re too lazy 🙂 to download it from JMeter.

Being a Mac user, you probably already use the famous package manager homebrew.

How to install JMeter core:

Just run:

brew install jmeter

You can then run jmeter help by typing:

jmeter -?

which will output:

PMD-MBP-BEETH:~ PhilM$ jmeter -h
Writing log file to: /Users/PhilM/jmeter.log
    _    ____   _    ____ _   _ _____       _ __  __ _____ _____ _____ ____     
   / \  |  _ \ / \  / ___| | | | ____|     | |  \/  | ____|_   _| ____|  _ \   
  / _ \ | |_) / _ \| |   | |_| |  _|    _  | | |\/| |  _|   | | |  _| | |_) | 
 / ___ \|  __/ ___ \ |___|  _  | |___  | |_| | |  | | |___  | | | |___|  _ <  
/_/   \_\_| /_/   \_\____|_| |_|_____|  \___/|_|  |_|_____| |_| |_____|_| \_\ 3.1 r1770033  

Copyright (c) 1999-2016 The Apache Software Foundation


To list all command line options, open a command prompt and type:

jmeter.bat(Windows)/jmeter.sh(Linux) -?

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To run Apache JMeter in GUI mode, open a command prompt and type:

jmeter.bat(Windows)/jmeter.sh(Linux) [-p property-file]

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To run Apache JMeter in NON_GUI mode:
Open a command prompt (or Unix shell) and type:

jmeter.bat(Windows)/jmeter.sh(Linux) -n -t test-file [-p property-file] [-l results-file] [-j log-file]

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To run Apache JMeter in NON_GUI mode and generate a report at end :
Open a command prompt (or Unix shell) and type:

jmeter.bat(Windows)/jmeter.sh(Linux) -n -t test-file [-p property-file] [-l results-file] [-j log-file] -e -o [Path to output folder]

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To generate a Report from existing CSV file:
Open a command prompt (or Unix shell) and type:

jmeter.bat(Windows)/jmeter.sh(Linux) -g [csv results file] -o [path to output folder (empty or not existing)]

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To tell Apache JMeter to use a proxy server:
Open a command prompt and type:

jmeter.bat(Windows)/jmeter.sh(Linux) -H [your.proxy.server] -P [your proxy server port]

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To run Apache JMeter in server mode:
Open a command prompt and type:

jmeter-server.bat(Windows)/jmeter-server(Linux)

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or :

jmeter -h

which will output:

XXXXX:~ PhilM$ jmeter -?
Writing log file to: /Users/PhilM/jmeter.log
    _    ____   _    ____ _   _ _____       _ __  __ _____ _____ _____ ____     
   / \  |  _ \ / \  / ___| | | | ____|     | |  \/  | ____|_   _| ____|  _ \   
  / _ \ | |_) / _ \| |   | |_| |  _|    _  | | |\/| |  _|   | | |  _| | |_) | 
 / ___ \|  __/ ___ \ |___|  _  | |___  | |_| | |  | | |___  | | | |___|  _ <  
/_/   \_\_| /_/   \_\____|_| |_|_____|  \___/|_|  |_|_____| |_| |_____|_| \_\ 3.1 r1770033  

Copyright (c) 1999-2016 The Apache Software Foundation

    --?
        print command line options and exit
    -h, --help
        print usage information and exit
    -v, --version
        print the version information and exit
    -p, --propfile <argument>
        the jmeter property file to use
    -q, --addprop <argument>
        additional JMeter property file(s)
    -t, --testfile <argument>
        the jmeter test(.jmx) file to run
    -l, --logfile <argument>
        the file to log samples to
    -j, --jmeterlogfile <argument>
        jmeter run log file (jmeter.log)
    -n, --nongui
        run JMeter in nongui mode
    -s, --server
        run the JMeter server
    -H, --proxyHost <argument>
        Set a proxy server for JMeter to use
    -P, --proxyPort <argument>
        Set proxy server port for JMeter to use
    -N, --nonProxyHosts <argument>
        Set nonproxy host list (e.g. *.apache.org|localhost)
    -u, --username <argument>
        Set username for proxy server that JMeter is to use
    -a, --password <argument>
        Set password for proxy server that JMeter is to use
    -J, --jmeterproperty <argument>=<value>
        Define additional JMeter properties
    -G, --globalproperty <argument>=<value>
        Define Global properties (sent to servers)
        e.g. -Gport=123
         or -Gglobal.properties
    -D, --systemproperty <argument>=<value>
        Define additional system properties
    -S, --systemPropertyFile <argument>
        additional system property file(s)
    -L, --loglevel <argument>=<value>
        [category=]level e.g. jorphan=INFO or jmeter.util=DEBUG
    -r, --runremote
        Start remote servers (as defined in remote_hosts)
    -R, --remotestart <argument>
        Start these remote servers (overrides remote_hosts)
    -d, --homedir <argument>
        the jmeter home directory to use
    -X, --remoteexit
        Exit the remote servers at end of test (non-GUI)
    -g, --reportonly <argument>
        generate report dashboard only, from a test results file
    -e, --reportatendofloadtests
        generate report dashboard after load test
    -o, --reportoutputfolder <argument>
        output folder for report dashboard

Where to find the configuration files:

Once you’ve installed with homebrew, you may be lost with JMeter configuration files as the folders differ a bit, so here is the mapping from Core JMeter to Homebrew installed JMeter:

You are now able to:

• Edit user.properties or jmeter.properties file in “Configuration folder”
• Add a dependency to JMeter in “Library folder”
• Add a plugin to JMeter in “Plugins folder”

About author:

Philippe Mouawad is a developer, committer and member of the JMeter Project Management Committee at Apache.

He is also the co-author of the book Master JMeter : from load testing to DevOps

He works as an Architect and technical expert for Ubik-Ingenierie where he leads among other things the development of UbikLoadPack a set of Commercial Plugins for Apache JMeter allowing to load test different protocols like HLS, GWT, Flex.

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