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.

What's next

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