A Host on LoadForge is essentially a website or API—a domain name that we monitor for health and performance and use for running load tests. Verifying a Host enables advanced monitoring, including:
  • Health checks to ensure uptime and availability.
  • Performance tracking to measure response times and bottlenecks.
  • User experience analysis to assess real-world usage.
Once you add a host, our systems automatically scan it to detect what technologies are running, as shown in the image below:
Host Overview

Host Overview - Technology Detection

This scanning process allows our AI-driven test wizard and other features to better understand your site, enabling smarter recommendations and test configurations tailored to your technology stack.

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Benefits of Verifying a Host

Verify multiple hosts to compare performance across different environments (staging vs. production) to catch performance issues before they affect your users.
When you verify a host, you unlock powerful monitoring and insights, including:
  • Automated performance tracking: Continuous health checks every 5 minutes.
  • Real-time alerts: Notifications via email, Slack, or Zapier for downtime or performance issues.
  • CrUX (Chrome User Experience) Data: Real-world user experience metrics from Chrome browsers.
  • Historical analysis: Track trends over time and compare performance before and after optimizations.

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Next Steps

To get started, add your host in LoadForge and complete the verification process using one of the available methods:
  • Meta Tag: Insert a verification tag in your website’s HTML.
  • File Upload: Place a verification file in your web directory.
  • DNS TXT Record: Add a DNS entry for domain-level validation.
Once verified, LoadForge will begin monitoring and analyzing your host automatically.

Verifying a Host

Learn how to verify your host quickly and easily.

User Experience

Learn how to track real user experience with Hosts.