JMeter Cheat Sheet

Install / Launch

Sourcejmeter.apache.org/download
Windows/Linuxcd <DIR>/bin/jmeter
Dockerdocker pull egaillardon/jmeter

Functions & Variables

Time${__time(dd/MM/yyyy)}
UUID${__UUID()}
Random${__Random(0,10)}
Random String${__RandomString(10,abc)}
Thread Num${__threadNum}
Machine IP${__machineIP}

Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+0

Thread Group

CTRL+1

HTTP Request

CTRL+R

Start Test

CTRL+E

Clear All

CTRL+F

Search

Variables & Properties

Variable${Variable}
Property${__P(var,default)}
Nested${__V(Var${N})}

// Groovy
props.put("protocol", "${protocol}");
props.get("protocol");
          

JMeter CLI

-nRun headless (non-GUI)
-tTest plan file (.jmx)
-lOutput log file (.jtl)
-JDefine JMeter property
-H / -PProxy host / port
-rRun remote servers

# Basic execution
./jmeter -n -t testplan.jmx -l results.jtl

# Advanced with properties
./jmeter -n -H proxy.server -P 8000 -Jvu=400 -JDuration=3600 -t testplan.jmx -l results.jtl
          

Recommended Plugins

Download from jmeter-plugins.org → copy JAR to lib/ext

Custom Thread Groups

Perfmon Monitoring

Weighted Switch Controller

SSHMon Sample Collector

Dummy Sampler

Selenium/WebDriver

Random CSV Data Set

Websocket Samplers

ElasticSearch Backend

Azure Backend Listener

Parallel Controller

AMQP Client

Remote Shortcuts

CTRL+SHIFT+R

Start All

ALT+X

Stop All

ALT+Z

Shutdown

Tips & Config

HiDPI Settings

jmeter.hidpi.mode=true
jmeter.hidpi.scale.factor=2.0

Network Throttling

cps = (kbps * 1024) / 8

Component Shortcuts

CTRL+2

Regex Extractor

CTRL+3

Response Assertion

CTRL+4

Constant Timer

CTRL+5

JSR223 PostProcessor

CTRL+8

Debug Sampler

CTRL+9

View Results Tree

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