8a. Building an LDAP Test Plan
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In this section, you will learn how to create a basic Test Plan to test an LDAP server.
You will create four users that send requests for four tests on the LDAP server. Also, you will tell
the users to run their tests 4 times. So, the total number of requests is (4 users) x (4 requests) x
repeat 4 times) = 40 LDAP requests. To construct the Test Plan, you will use the following elements:
Thread Group
,
LDAP Request
,
LDAP Request Defaults
, and
View Results in Table
.
This example assumes that the LDAP Server is available at ldap.test.com.
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8a.1 Adding Users
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The first step you want to do with every JMeter Test Plan is to add a Thread Group element.
The Thread Group tells JMeter the number of users you want to simulate, how often the users should send
requests, and the how many requests they should send.
Go ahead and add the ThreadGroup element by first selecting the Test Plan, clicking your
right mouse button to get the
menu, and then select
. You should now see the
Thread Group element under Test Plan. If you do not see the element, then "expand" the Test Plan tree by
clicking on the Test Plan element.

Figure 8a.1. Thread Group and final test tree
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8a.2 Adding Login Config Element
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Begin by selecting the
LDAP Users
element. Click your right mouse
button to get the Add menu, and then select
.
Then, select this new element to view its Control Panel.
Like most JMeter elements, the
Login Config Element
's Control Panel has a name
field that you can modify. In this example, leave this field with the default value.

Figure 8a.2 Login Config Element for our Test Plan
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Enter Username field to "your LDAP Username",
The password field to "your LDAP Password"
These values will be used by the LDAP Requests.
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8a.3 Adding LDAP Request Defaults
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Begin by selecting the
LDAP Users
element. Click your right mouse button
to get the
menu, and then select
. Then,
select this new element to view its Control Panel.
Like most JMeter elements, the
LDAP Request Defaults
Control Panel has a name
field that you can modify. In this example, leave this field with the default value.

Figure 8a.3 LDAP Defaults for our Test Plan
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Enter
DN
field to "
your LDAP Root Distinguished Name
".
Enter LDAP Server's
Servername
field to "
ldap.test.com
".
The
port
to
389
.
These values are default for the LDAP Requests.
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8a.4 Adding LDAP Requests
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In our Test Plan, we need to make four LDAP requests.
-
Inbuilt Add Test
-
Inbuilt Search Test
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Inbuilt Modify Test
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Inbuilt Delete Test
JMeter sends requests in the order that you add them to the tree.
Start by adding the first LDAP Request to the LDAP Users element
(
). Then, select the LDAP Request element in the tree
and edit the following properties
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Rename to "
Add
" this element
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Select the
Add Test
radio button in
Test Configuration
group

Figure 8a.4.1 LDAP Request for Inbuilt Add test
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You do not have to set the
Servername
field,
port
field,
Username
,
Password
and
DN
because you already specified this value in the
Login Config Element
and
LDAP Request Defaults.
Next, add the second LDAP Request and edit the following
properties
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Rename to "
Search
" this element
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Select the
Search Test
radio button in
Test Configuration
group
Next, add the Third LDAP Request and edit the following properties

Figure 8a.4.2 LDAP Request for Inbuilt Search test
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Rename to "
Modify
" this element
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Select the
Modify Test
radio button in
Test Configuration
group
Next, add the fourth LDAP Request and edit the following properties

Figure 8a.4.3 LDAP Request for Inbuilt Modify test
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Rename to "
Delete
" this element
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Select the
Delete Test
radio button in
Test Configuration
group

Figure 8a.4.4 LDAP Request for Inbuilt Delete test
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8a.5 Adding a Response Assertion
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You can add a Response Assertion element.
This element will check the received response data by verifying if the response text is "
successful
".
(
).
Note: A this position in the tree,
the Response Assertion will be executed for each LDAP Request.
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Select
Text Response
Radio button in
Response Field to Test
group
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Select
Substring
Radio button in
Pattern Matching Rules
group
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Click on
Add
button and add the string "
successful
" in
Pattern to Test
field

Figure 8a.5 LDAP Response Assertion
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8a.6 Adding a Listener to View/Store the Test Results
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The final element you need to add to your Test Plan is a Listener.
This element is responsible for storing all of the results of your LDAP
requests in a file and presenting a visual model of the data. Select the LDAP
Users element and add a View Results in Table
(
)

Figure 8a.6 View Results in Table Listener
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