Plugins Manager not being added to JMeter UI

[sageam...@gmail.com]

I am currently using JMeter 4.0 (r1823414) and have downloaded jmeter-plugins-manager-1.0.2.jar to its lib folder.

However, even after closing and restarting JMeter, the icon for Plugins Manager (the feather headdress icon, which should appear to the right of the Help icon on the top toolbar) does not appear.

Have I skipped a step during installation, or could this be a problem with the jar file or with JMeter itself?

[artem....@blazemeter.com]

Hi,

Can you please recheck that you copied plugins-manager.jar in jmeter/lib/ext folder? 
Also please check your jmeter.log file for any errors

Thanks,
Artem

среда, 30 мая 2018 г., 17:37:19 UTC+3 пользователь sageam...@gmail.com написал:

[sageam...@gmail.com]

Oh wow, I'm dumb. When I read "put it into lib/ext directory" on the install instructions, I thought it meant "put it into either lib *or* ext directory".

I have added the jar file to the ext folder, and after restarting JMeter, I now see the Plugins Manager icon as expected. Sorry for the confusion!

Possible suggestion to the page manager for the website: maybe change the text to read "put it into /lib/ext directory". That extra / may help hedge against further misunderstandings...or maybe I'm just weird. Either way, thank you for the quick response!

[Andrey Pokhilko]

Hi,

Put it into lib/ext folder, that's the right place.

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30.05.2018 17:37, sageam...@gmail.com пишет:

I am currently using JMeter 4.0 (r1823414) and have downloaded jmeter-plugins-manager-1.0.2.jar to its lib folder.

However, even after closing and restarting JMeter, the icon for Plugins Manager (the feather headdress icon, which should appear to the right of the Help icon on the top toolbar) does not appear.

Have I skipped a step during installation, or could this be a problem with the jar file or with JMeter itself?

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Hi,

I see the same problem even when I copied the jmeter-plugins-manager-1.0.2.jar file into the apache-jmeter-4.0/lib/ext folder on my Mac. I use Jmeter 4.0 r1823414.
 After copying to lib/ext folder, I relaunch jmeter 4.0, but still don't see the plug-in manager in Tools menu.
Here is content of jmeter/lib/ext folder

Has-MacBook-Pro:ext haphan$ ls -lrt
total 8056
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff      106 Feb  6 15:28 readme.txt
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    22161 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_junit.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    54589 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_jdbc.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    43541 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_java.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff   452873 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_http.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff   113112 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_functions.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    15100 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_ftp.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff  1567379 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_core.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff   659164 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_components.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    30214 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_tcp.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    13935 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_native.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    26117 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_mongodb.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    58496 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_mail.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    48278 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_ldap.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff    96545 Feb  6 22:49 ApacheJMeter_jms.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 haphan  staff   890822 May 30 15:40 jmeter-plugins-manager-1.0.2.jar
Has-MacBook-Pro:ext haphan$ pwd
/Users/haphan/apache-jmeter-4.0/lib/ext
---
And content of jmeter.log file. It doesn't have any error.

2018-05-30 15:58:48,382 INFO o.a.j.u.JMeterUtils: Setting Locale to en_EN
2018-05-30 15:58:48,396 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Loading user properties from: /usr/local/Cellar/jmeter/4.0/libexec/bin/user.properties
2018-05-30 15:58:48,396 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Loading system properties from: /usr/local/Cellar/jmeter/4.0/libexec/bin/system.properties
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Copyright (c) 1998-2018 The Apache Software Foundation
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Version 4.0 r1823414
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: java.version=1.8.0_121
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: java.vm.name=Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: os.name=Mac OS X
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: os.arch=x86_64
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: os.version=10.10.5
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: file.encoding=UTF-8
2018-05-30 15:58:48,400 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Max memory     =1073741824
2018-05-30 15:58:48,401 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Available Processors =8
2018-05-30 15:58:48,404 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Default Locale=English (EN)
2018-05-30 15:58:48,404 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: JMeter  Locale=English (EN)
2018-05-30 15:58:48,404 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: JMeterHome=/usr/local/Cellar/jmeter/4.0/libexec
2018-05-30 15:58:48,404 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: user.dir  =/Users/haphan/apache-jmeter-4.0/lib/ext
2018-05-30 15:58:48,404 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: PWD       =/Users/haphan/apache-jmeter-4.0/lib/ext
2018-05-30 15:58:48,420 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: IP: 10.0.0.173 Name: Has-MacBook-Pro.local FullName: 10.0.0.173
2018-05-30 15:58:49,952 INFO o.a.j.g.a.LookAndFeelCommand: Installing Darcula LAF
2018-05-30 15:58:49,963 INFO o.a.j.g.a.LookAndFeelCommand: Using look and feel: com.bulenkov.darcula.DarculaLaf [Darcula]
2018-05-30 15:58:49,963 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Setting LAF to: com.bulenkov.darcula.DarculaLaf
2018-05-30 15:58:50,023 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Loaded icon properties from org/apache/jmeter/images/icon.properties
2018-05-30 15:58:50,372 INFO o.a.j.e.u.CompoundVariable: Note: Function class names must contain the string: '.functions.'
2018-05-30 15:58:50,372 INFO o.a.j.e.u.CompoundVariable: Note: Function class names must not contain the string: '.gui.'
2018-05-30 15:58:51,500 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for text/html is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.LagartoBasedHtmlParser
2018-05-30 15:58:51,501 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for application/xhtml+xml is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.LagartoBasedHtmlParser
2018-05-30 15:58:51,501 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for application/xml is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.LagartoBasedHtmlParser
2018-05-30 15:58:51,501 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for text/xml is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.LagartoBasedHtmlParser
2018-05-30 15:58:51,501 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for text/vnd.wap.wml is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.RegexpHTMLParser
2018-05-30 15:58:51,501 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for text/css is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.CssParser
2018-05-30 15:58:51,722 INFO o.a.j.e.KeyToolUtils: keytool found at 'keytool'
2018-05-30 15:58:51,722 INFO o.a.j.p.h.p.ProxyControl: HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder SSL Proxy will use keys that support embedded 3rd party resources in file /usr/local/Cellar/jmeter/4.0/libexec/bin/proxyserver.jks
2018-05-30 15:58:51,805 INFO o.a.j.s.FileServer: Default base='/Users/haphan/apache-jmeter-4.0/lib/ext'
2018-05-30 15:58:52,021 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleResult: Note: Sample TimeStamps are START times
2018-05-30 15:58:52,021 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleResult: sampleresult.default.encoding is set to ISO-8859-1
2018-05-30 15:58:52,021 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleResult: sampleresult.useNanoTime=true
2018-05-30 15:58:52,021 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleResult: sampleresult.nanoThreadSleep=5000
2018-05-30 15:59:06,894 INFO o.a.j.u.JMeterUtils: Setting Locale to en

Can you help me please?
Thanks,
Ha -

[Ha Phan]

Hi,

Any update on this? 

Today I try to install jmeter-plugins-manager-1.1.jar again. Repeat the same steps:

1. Download jmeter-plugins-manager-1.1.jar
   
2. Copy it into apache-jmeter-4.0/lib/ext folder
   
3. Relaunch jmeter

But still can't see Plugin Manager in Jmeter. I am stuck with installing plug-ins within Jmeter now.

Really appreciate any help here.

Thanks,

Ha -

[Andrey Pokhilko]

Hi,

Did you try it with fresh JMeter 4.0 install? The only problem I see is maybe something broke in the installation.

Also, what is your Java version?

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01.06.2018 03:00, Ha Phan пишет:

[Ha Phan]

Yup. Reinstall Jmeter fixed the issue with Plug-in Manager.

Thanks,

Ha -

[hos...@gmail.com]

I have tried this several times on my MAC, the plugins manager still doesnt show up in the UI

[Ha Phan]

Hi,

You need to find which folder homebrew installed jmeter to and copy the downloaded jmeter-plugins*.jar files there. In my Mac, when I execute "brew install jmeter", jmeter was installed at:

/usr/local/Cellar/jmeter/4.0/bin

So I copied the jmeter-plugins* jar files to /usr/local/Cellar/jmeter/4.0/libexec/lib/ext

H -

[maitra...@farmatrust.com]

I am still facing the same issue. I placed the file correctly at /lib/ext folder.

but I do not see plugin options.

I observed below errors log;

2018-08-09 16:19:46,577 WARN o.a.j.r.ClassFinder: Can not open the jar D:/apache-jmeter-4.0/lib/ext/jmeter-plugins-manager-1.3.jar, message: error in opening zip file

java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file

at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at org.apache.jorphan.reflect.ClassFinder.findClassesInOnePath(ClassFinder.java:449) [jorphan.jar:4.0 r1823414]

at org.apache.jorphan.reflect.ClassFinder.findClasses(ClassFinder.java:340) [jorphan.jar:4.0 r1823414]

at org.apache.jorphan.reflect.ClassFinder.findClassesThatExtend(ClassFinder.java:306) [jorphan.jar:4.0 r1823414]

at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.ActionRouter.findClassesThatExtend(ActionRouter.java:315) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:4.0 r1823414]

at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.ActionRouter.populateCommandMap(ActionRouter.java:351) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:4.0 r1823414]

at org.apache.jmeter.JMeter.startGui(JMeter.java:373) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:4.0 r1823414]

at org.apache.jmeter.JMeter.start(JMeter.java:524) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:4.0 r1823414]

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at 

[Maitray Bhatt]

I just got this problem solved. there seems issue with latest plugin manager. I used older Plugin manager file.. i.e. version 1.3.. and when I started Jmeter, I could see Plugin Manager menu with Update required notification. I updated it, and it worked.

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[Devansh Srivastava J]

jmeter 5 dont even have a menu bar some god help mee

[Vitaly Grinberg]

When I am trying to download plugins-manager.jar it comes as pdf file, instead of File name/Save as type: JAR File

[DT]

Trying to download using what? If browser - check your browser and/or operating system file type associations.

Alternatively you can use command-line tools like wget, curl or if you're a Windows user Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet

More information: How to Install the JMeter Plugins Manager

[Grinberg, Vitaly]

How come all jar files are in Adobe pdf format in this directory:

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[FeelGood]

Hi Vitaly, it looks like those files are still in the jar extension (as expected), it's just that the default program that opens the jar in that Windows box is assigned to Acrobat, which shouldn't make any difference to JMeter. 

The tool works the file and doesn't care about the default program.

Hope it makes sense :)

[Grinberg, Vitaly]

Thank you so much for your help.

It means I can move 

in the /lib/ext directory and it will work as designed.

Vitaly.

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[Grinberg, Vitaly]

2023-01-12 13:28:18,137 WARN o.j.r.PluginManagerMenuItem: Failed to load plugin updates info
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Connection reset
at sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:127) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:324) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:267) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:262) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:138) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.decode(SSLSocketImpl.java:1397) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readHandshakeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1305) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:440) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.createLayeredSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:570) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:554) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:415) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:180) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl.open(ManagedClientConnectionImpl.java:326) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:605) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:440) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.doExecute(AbstractHttpClient.java:835) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:83) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:56) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.execute(JARSourceHTTP.java:499) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.execute(JARSourceHTTP.java:494) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.getJSON(JARSourceHTTP.java:152) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.getRepositories(JARSourceHTTP.java:276) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.getRepo(JARSourceHTTP.java:304) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.PluginManager.load(PluginManager.java:71) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.PluginManagerMenuItem$1.run(PluginManagerMenuItem.java:38) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
Suppressed: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:111) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:155) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketOutputRecord.encodeAlert(SSLSocketOutputRecord.java:81) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:355) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:267) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:262) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:138) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.decode(SSLSocketImpl.java:1397) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readHandshakeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1305) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:440) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.createLayeredSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:570) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:554) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:415) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:180) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl.open(ManagedClientConnectionImpl.java:326) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:605) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:440) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.doExecute(AbstractHttpClient.java:835) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:83) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:56) ~[httpclient-4.5.13.jar:4.5.13]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.execute(JARSourceHTTP.java:499) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.execute(JARSourceHTTP.java:494) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.getJSON(JARSourceHTTP.java:152) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.getRepositories(JARSourceHTTP.java:276) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.JARSourceHTTP.getRepo(JARSourceHTTP.java:304) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.PluginManager.load(PluginManager.java:71) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
at org.jmeterplugins.repository.PluginManagerMenuItem$1.run(PluginManagerMenuItem.java:38) ~[jmeter-plugins-manager-1.8.jar:?]
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:210) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:141) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketInputRecord.read(SSLSocketInputRecord.java:464) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketInputRecord.decode(SSLSocketInputRecord.java:165) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:109) ~[?:1.8.0_352]
... 20 more

What to do now?

[Vitaly Grinberg]

Hi DT,

When I go to Options and hit Plugin Manager I am getting Javax.net.ssl.SSLException:Connection reset

How to fix this?

[DT]

I'm not a Verizon network/system administrator hence I cannot suggest how to "fix this".

I can only point you to Plugins Manager Network Configuration chapter of the Plugins Manager documentation 

Maybe you need to increase the connection timeout or add MITM certificates from Verizon into Java truststore or switch to HTTP instead of HTTPS.

You can add the next line to system.properties file (lives in "bin" folder of your JMeter installation)

javax.net.debug=all

and after JMeter restart you will see a lot of extra information regarding what's happening on the network level, hopefully it will allow you to localize the issue

More information:

•  Apache JMeter Properties Customization Guide
• Debugging SSL/TLS Connections