As per the instructions given in link:
http://www.testingdiaries.com/jmeter-mysql-load-testing/
I downloaded the JAR for MySQL and placed it in the lib directory of JMeter Home folder. I also added the jar to the classpath in the JMeter GUI as well. However, I dont get the 'JDBC Connection Configuration' option under Add->Config Element sub menu. Should I do something else to get it?
What OS you're running and how did you install JMeter?
Sometimes packaging sucks, for instance crazy Ubuntu maintainers think that default JMeter should be shipped only with HTTP protocol support and if you need Mail, LDAP, etc. you need to install the relevant packages separately.
I would recommend the following:
JAVA_HOME
and PATH
variables to include /bin folder of the JRE/JDKmysql-connector-java-x.x.xx-bin.jar
to /lib folder of your JMeter installation. If anything goes wrong update your question with at least jmeter.log file and leave a corresponding comment so we could take a look.