# Azure Load Testing Series - Configure Jmeter


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## About this blog

Hey folks!, In tis blog we will see in detail about <a href="https://jmeter.apache.org/">Apache Jmeter</a>.

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## GUI walkthrough

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/7nkz6303t04doep21pev.png)

### Jmeter TestPlan

- It can visualized as a script for running tests
- It helps us to define the sequential flow of our business use case
- It is saved in form of JMX extension file which is required in Azure Load Testing framework to run tests

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/adu9ctnnl35rdb18k5hh.png)

### Jmeter ThreadGroups

- It represents the group of threads Jmeter will be using during the load test.
- It allows us to 
   - <b>Set the number of threads</b><br/>
     Number of users we will require for our testing

   - <b>Set the ramp-up period</b><br/>
     How much time JMeter should take to start the total number of threads

   - <b>Set the loop count</b><br/>
     Number of times the thread/user performs a particular test

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/eolmh4w6y3kapjd0a6mp.png)

## Configure HTTP Request

- Goto ThreadGroups->Add->Sampler->HTTP Request . It will allow you to specify the endpoint that we want to test

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/4gh3if7xocu8sqwehcv2.png)

- Provide Url in the Path to start testing

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/5exrhqrd5tbv1eg88xen.png)

### Add Listeners

- We can configure listeners on each requests that we sent as of the test plan. 
- You can find the list of options on right click HTTP Request->Add->Listener

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/n26sqwnwfsrab50ox7pe.png)

### View ResultTree

- This listener will show us the response data and status of each request
- Click on Run icon to start the test
- Result tree will be updated based on the configurations you provided in the thread group
- Right now , it will execute only once as per our configurations we did earlier

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/jsc3bvmg8qzm5f9b56dt.png)

### View SummaryReport

- You can find details about response time , throughputs and other details in this report

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/y3z98fvv7xy1nd85n7pi.png)

### Aggregate Graph

- You can visualize the average response time in graph format with this listener

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/veqh4tm7husrjz2sf78u.png)

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## Next steps

In our next blog we will see how to pass access token dynamically and execute a test plan with 10 concurrent users

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