Performance Testing Using JMeter in Non-GUI Mode
Apache JMeter, the popular open source performance testing
tool, can be run in non-gui mode using command prompt.One
of the way to resolve java.lang.OutOfMemoryError is by running Jmeter in
non-gui-mode. Follow the steps below
to run jmeter in non gui mode,
1. Open
Jmeter (in gui mode) and prepare test plan for load testing with no of
users/threads. Save it as jmx file (eg: test500.jmx).
Note: Avoid adding listeners in
the test plan since reports can be generated from jtl file generated in non-gui
run.
2. Open command prompt (Run>>cmd) and change
directory to bin folder of apache-jmeter. Type the following command to run jmeter
with the saved testplan (test500.jmx).
Jmeter –n –t “path to jmx file “
–l “path to jtl file”
Eg : D:\JMeter\apache-jmeter-2.11\bin>jmeter -n
-t D:\JMeter\TestNonGUI.jmx -l D:\JMeter\Testresults\test500.jtl
Load teting will start and test
results will be stored in test500.jtl file.
3. To analyse the results. Open JMeter and add the
listener test element by which you want to analyse it. Eg: To view summary
report add summary report listener element as child set jtl file (test500.jtl).
