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This example uses the O'Reilly FTP site, www.oro.com. Please be considerate when running this example, and (if possible) consider running against another FTP site.

Adding Users

The first step you want to do with every JMeter Test Plan is to add a Thread Group element. The Thread Group tells JMeter the number of users you want to simulate, how often the users should send requests, and the how many requests they should send.

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Next, you need to modify the default properties. Select the Thread Group element in the tree, if you have not already selected it. You should now see the Thread Group Control Panel in the right section of the JMeter window (see Figure 8.1 below)

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^{Figure 8.1. Thread Group with Default Values}

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See Figure 8.2 for the completed O'Reilly Users Thread Group.

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^{Figure 8.2. O'Reilly Users Thread Group}

Adding Default FTP Request Properties

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Begin by selecting the O'Reilly Users element. Click your right mouse button to get the Add menu, and then select Add --> Config Element --> FTP Request Defaults. Then, select this new element to view its Control Panel (see Figure 8.3).

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^{Figure 8.3. FTP Request Defaults}

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See Figure 8.4 for the completed FTP Request Defaults element

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^{Figure 8.4. FTP Defaults for our Test Plan}

Adding FTP Requests

In our Test Plan, we need to make two FTP requests. The first one is for the O'Reilly mSQL Java README file (ftp://ftp.oro.com/pub/msql/java/README), and the second is for the tutorial file (ftp://ftp.oro.com/pub/msql/java/tutorial.txt).

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1. Change the Name to "README".
2. Change the File to Retrieve From Server field to "pub/msql/java/README".
3. Change the Username field to "anonymous".
4. Change the Password field to "anonymous".
   

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   You do not have to set the Server Name field because you already specified this value in the FTP Request Defaults element.

   
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   ^{Figure 8.5. FTP Request for O'Reilly mSQL Java README file}
   

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1. Change the Name to "tutorial".
2. Change the File to Retrieve From Server field to "pub/msql/java/tutorial.txt".
3. Change the Username field to "anonymous".
4. Change the Password field to "anonymous".
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   ^{Figure 8.6. FTP Request for O'Reilly mSQL Java tutorial file}
   

Adding a Listener to View/Store the Test Results

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Select the O'Reilly Users element and add a Spline Visualizer listener (Add --> Listener --> Spline Visualizer).

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^{Figure 8.7. Spline Visualizer Listener}

Saving the Test Plan

Although it is not required, we recommend that you save the Test Plan to a file before running it. To save the Test Plan, select Save Test Plan from the File menu (with the latest release, it is no longer necessary to select the Test Plan element first).

JMeter allows you to save the entire Test Plan tree or only a portion of it. To save only the elements located in a particular "branch" of the Test Plan tree, select the Test Plan element in the tree from which to start the "branch", and then click your right mouse button to access the Save As menu item. Alternatively, select the appropriate Test Plan element and then select Save As from the Edit menu.

Running the Test Plan

From the Run menu, select Run.

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