Complete Setup Guide for JMeter + InfluxDB + Grafana

This guide explains how to set up a performance testing visualization pipeline using JMeter, InfluxDB, and Grafana.

🚀 Step 1: Install InfluxDB OSS 1.11.8

Windows Installation

• Download from official repo: InfluxDB OSS 1.11.8 Windows 64-bit
• Extract the zip, e.g., to C:\\influxdb
• Open cmd or PowerShell, go to folder:

cd C:\\influxdb
influxd.exe

This starts the InfluxDB server (default port: 8086)

Linux Installation

wget <https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb-1.11.8_linux_amd64.tar.gz>
tar xvfz influxdb-1.11.8_linux_amd64.tar.gz
cd influxdb-1.11.8-1
./influxd

🚀 Step 2: Create Database for JMeter

• Open another terminal and run the CLI:

influx

• Create DB:

CREATE DATABASE jmeter
SHOW DATABASES;

You should see jmeter listed.

🚀 Step 3: Configure JMeter Backend Listener

• Open JMeter test plan
• Add → Listener → Backend Listener
• Select Backend Listener implementation → org.apache.jmeter.visualizers.backend.influxdb.InfluxdbBackendListenerClient
• Add the following Parameters:

Name	Value
influxdbMetricsSender	org.apache.jmeter.visualizers.backend.influxdb.HttpMetricsSender
influxdbUrl	http://localhost:8086/write
influxdbDatabase	jmeter
influxdbRetentionPolicy	autogen
application	JMeterTest
measurement	jmeter
summaryOnly	false
samplersRegex	.*
percentiles	90;95;99

💡 localhost:8086 works if JMeter and InfluxDB are on the same machine.

🚀 Step 4: Install & Configure Grafana

• Download Grafana OSS: https://grafana.com/grafana/download
• Start Grafana:
• Default port → http://localhost:3000
• Default login → admin / admin
• Add InfluxDB Data Source:
• Type: InfluxDB
• URL: http://localhost:8086
• Database: jmeter
• User/Password: leave empty (InfluxDB OSS 1.x has no auth by default)
• Click Save & Test

🚀 Step 5: Import Ready-Made JMeter Dashboards

Grafana has public dashboards for JMeter + InfluxDB 1.x:

• ID 5496 → JMeter Dashboard for InfluxDB
• ID 1152 → Another JMeter Performance Dashboard

Steps:

• In Grafana → Dashboards → Import
• Enter ID (5496 or 1152) and click Load
• Select the InfluxDB datasource you created
• Run your JMeter test → see real-time charts

<aside>

✅ At this point you'll have:

• JMeter sending metrics → InfluxDB 1.11.8
• Grafana pulling metrics → Live dashboards </aside>

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