Jmeter not connecting to AWS RDS

Question

I am trying to perform some testing on my rds instance by using jmeter. I have succesfully created a testplan with the help of this tutorial. when i execute the testplan, i get 100% error in summary report.

Summary Report

When i checked jmeter.log, it shows

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XxBkAq21_k3lj27uqd0GDxQ3kPJD37ey9Gy3aJsT6Ag/edit?usp=sharing

i think jmeter is not connecting with the rds instance, but i am not able to comprehend the reason. i have copied the mysql-connector jar to the JMETER_HOME/lib also, i have not edited jmeter.properties

Answer 1

1. You need to restart JMeter after copying mysql-connector.jar to /lib folder of your JMeter installation. It can also be done on Test Plan level via "Add directory or jar to classpath" input.
2. You need to provide appropriate "JDBC Driver Class" value in JDBC Connection Configuration

See The Real Secret to Building a Database Test Plan With JMeter guide for end-to-end walkthrough.