Configure the browser-------JMeter

1. Open Firefox browser and configure the proxy setting.

• Select Tools->Options.
  

Figure-2.31: Select Options

• Observe that the Options dialog box appears.
• Select Advanced.
• Select Network tab.
• Select Settings.
  

Figure-2.32: Change Network settings

• Select Manual Proxy configuration.
• For HTTP Proxy field, enter localhost.
• For the Port field, enter 9090.
• Click OK.
  

Figure-2.33: Set Manual Proxy configuration

• Click OK to close the Options dialog box.
  

Figure-2.34 Close Options dialog box

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(2.4) Access the website

1. In the Firefox browser, enter http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/index.html in the URL field.


Figure-2.41: Access the server

Trouble-shooting:  If you encounter the following problem, it is because you have not started the JMeter proxy server as described above.


Figure-2.42: Error case when you have not started the JMeter proxy server

2. Access a few links.

• Click 5. Building a Web Test Plan link.
  

Figure-2.45: Acdess a few more pages

• Observe that a new page is displayed.
• Feel free to view a few other pages.
  

Figure-2.46: Access a page
 

3. Observe that the Thread Group now adds a few samplers.


Figure-2.47: Observe that the HTTP samplers are added

http://www.javapassion.com/handsonlabs/javatestjmeter/