You're reading from Performance Testing with JMeter 3 Enhance the performance of your web application

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787285774

Length 166 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

JMeter

Concepts

Application Testing

Author (1):

Bayo Erinle

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Performance Testing Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Recording Your First Test

3. Submitting Forms

4. Managing Sessions

5. Monitoring Tests in Real-Time

6. Distributed Testing

7. Helpful Tips - Part 1

8. Helpful Tips - Part 2

Creating an InfluxDB database for our test plan

In order to use InfluxDB for storing the metrics from our test plan, we first need to create a database to use. InfluxDB comes with both client Command Line Interface (CLI) and an HTTP API for interacting with it. We will be using the HTTP API to interact with InfluxDB. If you wish to use the CLI, refer to the documentation at https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.2/tools/shell/.

To create a database named excilys on our local installation of InfluxDB, follow the mentioned steps:

Open up a Terminal window and issue the following command:

This assumes you have curl installed on your machine. If you don't, please download and install curl. See http://bit.ly/2hdYgTW.

curl -i -XPOST http://localhost:8086/query --data-urlencode "q=CREATE DATABASE excilys"

If successful, you should be returned an HTTP status code 200...

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Authors (1)

Erinle

● Proficient Java developer with more than 11 years experience ● Skilled at defining the architecture for stand-alone, distributed, two tier, three tier or multi tier applications ● Productive and creative both as a software developer and analyst ● Extensive practical hands-on experience in developing, designing, maintaining and recapturing object oriented applications ● Effective working alone or as a cooperative team member ● Adapting new technologies and developments in creating quality products for customers Bayo Erinle is a senior software engineer with over nine years' experience in designing, developing, testing, and architecting software. He has worked in various spectrums of the IT field, including government, finance, and health care. As a result, he has been involved in the planning, development, implementation, integration, and testing of numerous applications, including multi-tiered, standalone, distributed, and cloud-based applications. He is always intrigued by new technology and enjoys learning new things. He currently resides in Maryland, US, and when he is not hacking away at some new technology, he enjoys spending time with his wife Nimota and their three children, Mayowa, Durotimi, and Fisayo.

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