How to make and run Test plan in JMeter ?

1. Create Thread group

Right click "Test plan"; Choose Add - Threads (Users) - Thread Group

Provide :

 Any name; No. of Threads (Users)=1 [ It could be set as per requirement of concurrent user access ]

 Ramp-up period (in sec.)=30; Loop count=1

2. Create HTTP request under Thread group

Right click Thread Group; Choose Add - Sampler - HTTP request

Provide :

 Any name; Server or IP=(application host); Port=8080; Protocol=http; Method=GET

 Path=(application path) Example: myApplication/myServlet

  CHECK Follow Redirects; CHECK Use keepAlive; CHECK Retrieve all embedded resources from HTML;

 CHECK Use concurrent pool. size=4

a. Add session management (Cookie handling)

Right click HTTP request; Choose Add - Config element - HTTP cookie manager

Provide any name

b. Add headers to the HTTP request (If application is expecting some request headers)

Right click HTTP request; Choose Add - Config element - HTTP header manager

Provide :

  Any name

  Header stored = Provide request headers in key/value pairs.

c. Add Authorization parameters to the HTTP request (if application using browser authorization)

Right click HTTP request; Choose Add - Config element - HTTP Authorization Manager

Provide :

  Any name; Authorization stored = provide username and password

3. View results

View results in table

Right click "Test plan"; Choose Add - Listener - View Results in Table

View results tree

Right click "Test plan"; Choose Add - Listener - View Results Tree

Aggregate report

Right click "Test plan"; Choose Add - Listener - Aggregate Report

Aggregate Graph

Right click "Test plan"; Choose Add - Listener - Aggregate Graph

4. Run test

Choose Test plan and click Run icon (Ctrl + R)

View test result in added listener.