Managed and private load locations

A location is where the load comes from. MaxoPerf offers two kinds: managed cloud locations that we operate, and private locations that you operate inside your own network.

Managed locations

Managed locations are cloud regions MaxoPerf runs for you. You pick one or more regions in the test settings and MaxoPerf provisions the runners, generates the load, and tears them down when the run ends.

Use managed locations when:

• The target is publicly reachable from the internet.
• You want repeatable regional results without operating any infrastructure.
• You need geographic coverage (for example, US East, EU West, Asia Pacific) without setting up cloud accounts of your own.

Pick one or more managed regions in the Locations and capacity section of the test form — no infrastructure to set up.

Private locations

Private locations run on infrastructure you own — your cloud account, your data center, or any host that can reach the target. You install the MaxoPerf agent once and MaxoPerf treats it as a location you can pick when creating a test.

Use private locations when:

• The target is internal, regulated, or only reachable from inside your network.
• You need traffic to originate from a specific network path or IP range.
• You want to keep load and test data inside your environment.

See Connect a private datacenter for the install path.

Once a private datacenter agent is connected, it shows up here as a location you can select when creating a test.

Mixing locations in one test

A single test can spread load across managed and private locations at the same time. You decide how to split runners between locations in the test’s location plan. This is useful when one part of your system is public and another sits behind a firewall.

Decision guide

• Public target, public users → managed locations.
• Internal target, no public access → private locations.
• Compliance requires traffic to stay inside your network → private locations.
• Mixed surface → both, weighted to match your real user mix.

Where to go next

• Connect a private datacenter — install the MaxoPerf agent.
• Run your first test — pick locations during test creation.
• Use case: private load generation — patterns from teams using private locations in production.