To install JMeter on your machine, regardless of whether you are using Windows or Linux, follow these steps:

1. Install Java Check, regardless of whether you have Java installed. JMeter is a Java-based desktop application, so it requires Java to be installed. You need to install Java 8+ to get the latest version of JMeter.
2. Download JMeter after installing Java on your machine. You can download the latest version of JMeter from http://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi. There are two binary files here in the .zip and .tgz formats. You can choose either, depending on your machine. For JMeter 4.0, the system must have Java 8 or 9 installed.
3. JMeter is very easy to install. You simply unzip the downloaded file. JMeter has numerous directories and important files.
4. Launch JMeter. If you are using a Windows machine, go to apache-jmeter-4.0in and run the jmeter.bat file.

You can also launch JMeter in non-GUI mode by running the bat file binjmeter-server.bat. This can be done by using the following command:

$jmeter -n -t testPlan.jmx - l log.jtl -H 127.0.0.1 -P 8000

The elements of this command are as follows:

• jmeter –n: This specifies that JMeter is to run in command-line mode
• -t ttestPlan.jmx: This indicates that the name of the file contains a test plan
• -l log.jtl: This indicates that the log file stores the test result
• -H 127.0.0.1 –P 8000: The server's hostname and port

In the next section, we will discuss how to carry out performance testing of a microservice-based application using JMeter.