Manage your zones

In NeoLoad Web, zones define where your test runs. You assign tests to zones based on available infrastructure. The Load Generator Agents and Controller Agents in a zone allocate resources automatically based on your test workload. In NeoLoad Web zones help you:

  • Organize your test infrastructure.

  • Reuse existing cloud or on-premises resources.

  • Reduce manual setup time.

Only admins can manage zones. Testers choose a zone defined by their admin when they configure a test.

Types of zones

NeoLoad Web supports the following zone types:

  • NeoLoad Cloud: Preconfigured cloud-based zones. You can run tests in global regions, and you don't need to set up infrastructure.

  • Static: Zones you create manually with specific controllers and load generators.

  • Dynamic: Zones linked to third-party providers, such as Openshift and Kubernetes. For information on Dynamic zones, check out Dynamic Infrastructure.

Create a zone

Admins create zones for the whole account in Settings > Zones. If the zone you need doesn't exist yet, ask an admin to create it. For the full procedure, check out Configure zones as an admin.

Select a zone for a test

When you create a test, you can select a zone defined by your admin. Follow these steps:

  1. In the test configuration panel, go to the Load zones section.

  2. Choose a zone type: NeoLoad Cloud, Static, or Dynamic.

  3. Perform an action for each type:

    • NeoLoad Cloud: Select a cloud region.

    • Static: Choose a zone from the list.

    • Dynamic: Select a dynamic zone already created by an admin.

  4. Set the number of Load Generators.

  5. Toggle High-capacity load generators in case of a CPU intensive load generation, such as a test designed with RealBrowser.

  6. Select a Controller —this step is always required.

You can't create new zones while you configure a test. Zones must already exist.

Cloud load generator limits

Each NeoLoad Cloud zone supports a maximum of 25 load generators by default. To increase this limit, contact Tricentis Support.

If you distribute Cloud Load Generators across multiple zones, you can use a maximum of 150 Cloud Load Generators across all zones.

A DevOps workspace supports only one regular-size cloud load generator per test. To learn more, check out Choose a workspace type.

Cloud load generator usage

NeoLoad Web counts cloud load generator usage in proportion to the test duration, measured in seconds. The minimum counted duration is one minute per test, regardless of how many cloud load generators the test uses.

A test that runs for 30 seconds counts as one minute, whether it uses 1 or 10 load generators. A test that runs for 3,598 seconds counts as 3,598 seconds.

High-capacity load generators follow the same calculation, but their usage counts at a different rate than regular load generators.

To track how much of your allocation you've used, check out Check your subscription details.

What's next

Now that you can select, manage and create zones, it's time to run a test.