Support added for cloud engines in 5 more Amazon AWS EC2 regions
Load Tester now has support for the 4 newest AWS regions: Ohio, Sao Paulo, Frankfurt, Seoul and Mumbai.
Starting with the 6.6.14774 release, you will now be able to generate load from these regions using our built-in cloud engine support. You’ll need an AWS account, of course.
Unfortunately, not all of the new regions support the instance sizes that Load Tester supports:
- Mumbai is missing m3.medium and c3.large
- Sao Paulo is missing m3.medium and c3.large
- Ohio is missing m3.medium and t2.micro
Unfortunately, m3.medium is the size used by default in Load Tester, when starting cloud engines manually or automatically. So some care is required when using either of these two regions. When adding engines manually, select one of the available sizes:
When using the automatic start feature, you may still specify a specific number of engines in these regions, but you will need to start those engines manually before starting the test. When they are ready, you may proceed, allowing Load Tester to automatically start the other engines.
As always, please contact our support with any questions.
Chris
When his dad brought home a Commodore PET computer, Chris was drawn into computers. 7 years later, after finishing his degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, he found himself writing software for industrial control systems. His first foray into testing software resulted in an innovative control system for testing lubricants in automotive engines. The Internet grabbed his attention and he became one of the first Sun Certified Java Developers. His focus then locked on performance testing of websites. As Chief Engineer for Web Performance since 2001, Chris now spends his time turning real-world testing challenges into new features for the Load Tester product.