{"id":6663,"date":"2019-08-28T07:39:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T11:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?p=6663"},"modified":"2019-08-28T07:39:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T11:39:37","slug":"whitelist-ip-addresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/whitelist-ip-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ &#8211; How to whitelist IP addresses for load testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are some questions we&#8217;ve received on a common topic: how to whitelist IP addresses for load testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: We are using the Redline13 Basic Subscription for load testing and would like to know the Public IP&#8217;s that we need to whitelist for the test to be successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: It sounds like your application is behind a whitelist and you need the load agents to be able to connect to it.&nbsp; The simplest way is to use a NAT Gateway.  We have a blog on that at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/running-load-tests-on-ip-whitelisted-applications\/\">https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/running-load-tests-on-ip-whitelisted-applications\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: The first question before I can even get started trying this is the IP Address of the Load Generators, so that they can be whitelisted.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: They are launched dynamically from your AWS account.&nbsp; If you are testing services in your own AWS account, using security groups is appropriate. If you need further isolation then you require using a NAT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-redline-13\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jzRvJwCiXF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/running-load-tests-on-ip-whitelisted-applications\/\">Running Load Tests on IP Whitelisted Applications<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#8220;Running Load Tests on IP Whitelisted Applications&#8221; &#8212; RedLine13\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/running-load-tests-on-ip-whitelisted-applications\/embed\/#?secret=jzRvJwCiXF\" data-secret=\"jzRvJwCiXF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: We want to run some load tests against a product on our internal servers. We need to whitelist the Redline13\/AWS IPs to allow traffic into our network. What is the best approach for this? I understand that the AWS IPs are dynamic, but is there a range we can use?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Do your internal servers run on AWS?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes &#8211; Perhaps security groups could work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/load-testing-internal-application-using-security-groups\/\">https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/load-testing-internal-application-using-security-groups\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No &#8211; You can use<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Elastic IPs, however, a slight pain to manage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) Use a private subnet and NAT gateway, hard to configure but easier for each test run&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-redline-13\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PbhgttLM8F\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/load-testing-with-private-subnets-and-nat-gateways\/\">Load Testing with private subnets and NAT<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#8220;Load Testing with private subnets and NAT&#8221; &#8212; RedLine13\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/load-testing-with-private-subnets-and-nat-gateways\/embed\/#?secret=PbhgttLM8F\" data-secret=\"PbhgttLM8F\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you know, you can run your own test on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/Service\">RedLine13<\/a>\u00a0for free.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some questions we&#8217;ve received on a common topic: how to whitelist IP addresses for load testing. 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