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Posted to user@jmeter.apache.org by "Stover, Michael" <Mi...@usa.xerox.com> on 2002/02/26 20:54:32 UTC
RE: Specifying login form input values in JMeter
One thing you can try is using JMeter's proxy server to record the steps you
take in the browser. By doing this, you can then examine the HTTP Request
sample that JMeter automatically creates for you. Doing so should help you
understand how JMeter works.
For what you describe below, I'm confused about 2 things.
1. Your form's action is "j_security_check", yet you don't say what you set
the PATH to in the HTTP Request UI. These should match.
2. The paramters you enter should be "j_username", with a value of the
username, and "j_password", with a value of the password. I don't know why
you would append "login." to the beginning of these paramter names?
Also, you don't say what went wrong, which makes debugging from here
difficult. I'm not sure what the problem is for your last question - why
not just do it? You just need two requests, one to request the illegal
page, the next one to login.
-Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lasseter [mailto:t.lasseter@gte.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 2:55 PM
> To: jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Specifying login form input values in JMeter
>
>
> I have looked at the archives for info on how to handle a
> FORM login. I'm
> using Tomcat4.0 with JDBCRealm handling the authentication
> process. I would
> like to test performance with JMeter.
>
> The easiest test is to hit the login page with user/password. The
> login.html is not protected by the realm, so it's only a
> matter of posting
> the user/password. The form looks like this:
>
> <form name="logIn" method="post"
> action="j_security_check">
> <table cellpadding="10" height="20" width="300"
> name="formLogin">
> <tr>
> <td>
> <div align="right"><font color="#000000">User
> ID:</font></div>
> </td>
> <td>
> <input type="text" name="j_username">
> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td>
> <div align="right"><font
> color="#000000">Password:</font></div>
> </td>
> <td>
> <input type="password" name="j_password">
> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td colspan="2">
> <div align="center">
> <input type="submit" name="submit"
> value="Submit">
> </div>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> </form>
>
> So how to I specify user/password in the JMeter HTTP request?
>
> on the HTTP Request UI, I have set the WebServerServerName
(www.mysite.com),
the HTTP request protocol (HTTP), the Method (POST), and the parameters:
login.j_username (user) and login.j_password (user). I've tried it
with/without "login.".
The second test I would like to perform is specify a protected page which
would require a redirect to the login page (again Tomcat4/Realm are handling
the details. so I would specify /protected/protected.html, but then knowing
that I would be redirected, I need to supply the user/password for the new
page (login.html).
Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated!
Tom
Thomas J. Lasseter
t.lasseter@gte.net
phone: 425-861-0446
mobile: 425-761-8948
FAX: 425-558-4181
4D Systems LLC
15325 189th Ave NE
Woodinville, WA. 98072
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RE: Specifying login form input values in JMeter
Posted by Tom Lasseter <t....@gte.net>.
Hi Mike!
Thanks for the help. I'm not able to test logging in at all, so the problem
I encountered which I failed to specify is I didn't get JMeter running in
that case. Below are some details based on your kind feedback and
suggestions.
1. j_security_check is a Realm feature of Tomcat4. The servlet mapping is
specified by Tomcat somehow. I tried specifying the name-value pairs as you
suggest: j_username:user, j_password:user, but that didn't work. I was
presuming/guessing that these are associated with the FORM login, so should
be prefixed by "login.". Perhaps they should be prefixed instead by
"j_security_check.".
2. When I request a protected page, I make only that request. I could fake
it as you suggest by requesting login.html followed by protectedPage.html
which should be successful if the login is successful.
3. I setup the proxyServer as you suggested. It will be a big help when I
get it all figured out. When I ran it, the requests generated are:
www.mysite.com/homePage.html
www.mysite.com/protected/protected.jsp
www.mysite.com/protected/j_security_check (post)
On the security_check, the name:value pairs are: j_username:user,
j_password:user, submit:Submit.
so I set up:
TestPlan
ThreadGroup
HTTP Request Defaults (www.mysite.com)
Home page ( /)
Login (/protected/j_security_check with above name:value pairs)
Protected (protected/protected.jsp)
Other than the home page request which connects ok, I get
java.io.FileNotFoundExceptions for:
http://www.mysite.com/protected/j_security_check and
http://www.nysite.com/protected/protected.jsp
As I mentioned at the top, I don't have a servlet mapping for
j_security_check. Tomcat4 does somehow, but grepping the entire Tomcat
directory doesn't reveal how/where this is done.
I'm currently having intermittent login failures which is why I'm interested
in stress testing my configuration (I think it is mm.mysql-2.0.8 driver
timing out. But perhaps the nice Realm features provided by Tomcat4 make
the JMeter testing thereof too difficult.
Still hoping for a simple solution! Help is greatly appreciated!!
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Stover, Michael [mailto:Michael.Stover@usa.xerox.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:55 AM
To: 'JMeter Users List'
Subject: RE: Specifying login form input values in JMeter
One thing you can try is using JMeter's proxy server to record the steps you
take in the browser. By doing this, you can then examine the HTTP Request
sample that JMeter automatically creates for you. Doing so should help you
understand how JMeter works.
For what you describe below, I'm confused about 2 things.
1. Your form's action is "j_security_check", yet you don't say what you set
the PATH to in the HTTP Request UI. These should match.
2. The paramters you enter should be "j_username", with a value of the
username, and "j_password", with a value of the password. I don't know why
you would append "login." to the beginning of these paramter names?
Also, you don't say what went wrong, which makes debugging from here
difficult. I'm not sure what the problem is for your last question - why
not just do it? You just need two requests, one to request the illegal
page, the next one to login.
-Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lasseter [mailto:t.lasseter@gte.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 2:55 PM
> To: jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Specifying login form input values in JMeter
>
>
> I have looked at the archives for info on how to handle a
> FORM login. I'm
> using Tomcat4.0 with JDBCRealm handling the authentication
> process. I would
> like to test performance with JMeter.
>
> The easiest test is to hit the login page with user/password. The
> login.html is not protected by the realm, so it's only a
> matter of posting
> the user/password. The form looks like this:
>
> <form name="logIn" method="post"
> action="j_security_check">
> <table cellpadding="10" height="20" width="300"
> name="formLogin">
> <tr>
> <td>
> <div align="right"><font color="#000000">User
> ID:</font></div>
> </td>
> <td>
> <input type="text" name="j_username">
> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td>
> <div align="right"><font
> color="#000000">Password:</font></div>
> </td>
> <td>
> <input type="password" name="j_password">
> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td colspan="2">
> <div align="center">
> <input type="submit" name="submit"
> value="Submit">
> </div>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> </form>
>
> So how to I specify user/password in the JMeter HTTP request?
>
> on the HTTP Request UI, I have set the WebServerServerName
(www.mysite.com),
the HTTP request protocol (HTTP), the Method (POST), and the parameters:
login.j_username (user) and login.j_password (user). I've tried it
with/without "login.".
The second test I would like to perform is specify a protected page which
would require a redirect to the login page (again Tomcat4/Realm are handling
the details. so I would specify /protected/protected.html, but then knowing
that I would be redirected, I need to supply the user/password for the new
page (login.html).
Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated!
Tom
Thomas J. Lasseter
t.lasseter@gte.net
phone: 425-861-0446
mobile: 425-761-8948
FAX: 425-558-4181
4D Systems LLC
15325 189th Ave NE
Woodinville, WA. 98072
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