Cloud Testing Options

Appvance IQ provides several options for running tests in a Cloud Testing environment. These options are configured in a TestScenario and determine how AIQ provisions, uses, and manages TestNode instances during test execution.
The Scenario Builder supports the following Cloud Testing settings.
Name
The Name identifies the Cloud Testing environment configuration used to manage the cloud resources.
Type
The Type specifies the cloud environment to use. Available options include:
EC2
SoftLayer
Grid
OpenStack
Beginning
The Beginning setting determines how Appvance IQ provisions or starts TestNode instances when staging the test.
Available options are:
Create All — Creates new instances for all required TestNodes.
None — Does not start or create any instances.
Create Required — Uses available running instances and creates new instances only when additional machines are required.
For example, if three machines are required and one is already running, AIQ uses the existing machine and creates the remaining two.
Start All — Starts all stopped instances. This option requires all machines to be stopped. If some machines are already running while others are stopped, an error may occur.
End
The End setting determines what Appvance IQ does with the TestNode instances when the test finishes.
Available options are:
Terminate All — Terminates all instances.
Started — Terminates only the instances that were started for the test.
None — Does not terminate or stop any instances.
Stop All — Stops all running instances.
Reboot
The Reboot setting determines whether AIQ reboots TestNode instances after test execution.
Rebooting can help release resources when an application under test leaves network connections open or otherwise prevents resources such as memory and network connections from being released properly.
Available options are:
After — Reboots the node after the test. AIQ does not reboot machines that have already been terminated.
Never — Does not reboot the node after the test.
All Available Machines
All Available Machines specifies the desired number of TestNode instances available for the test.
Config
Config specifies the path to the AIQ Cloud Testing configuration file.
The configuration file contains the cloud access credentials, security keys, and account preferences required to access the selected Cloud Testing environment.
Network Bandwidth
Network Bandwidth specifies the network bandwidth, in Kbps, to use for tests running in the specified location.
Username and Password
Username and Password specify the credentials used to log in to the TestNode machine.
These credentials should correspond to the original credentials of the machine used to create the AMI.
If the default credentials were used when creating the AMI, leave these fields blank.
Last updated: August 19, 2026
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