Host Overview

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:

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

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.