Hi - I understand k6 cloud offers 17 load zones where we can simulate load from. My question is, If I want to simulate the load from different region/zone other than those 17 zones, what are the steps I need to do?
Lets assume I have a script in my laptop and wanted to run with 100 users load from South Africa.
- Should I install any software (like k6) or any load agents in the machine located at South Africa?
- If I want to run the same script via pipeline and load should generate from South Africa, what should I do?
- How do I include that load generator in my script? In below code, what exactly I need write?
ext: {
loadimpact: {
distribution: {
“amazon:in:mumbai”: { loadZone: “amazon:in:mumbai”, percent: 100 },
},
},
}
Thanks for helping me.
Hi @satheeshpandianj
I don’t think there is a quick solution for this within k6 cloud specifically 
If you’re located in South Africa yourself, then you can run that script directly with k6 OSS solution from your laptop (without VPNs) and it will match the criteria.
Otherwise, you’ll need a server in South Africa where you can run k6 with your script. It seems like Amazon has availability zone for Cape Town too: Global Infrastructure Regions & AZs So EC2 instance in that zone would work as well.
Thanks @olha . So I need to find a server and install K6 on it will be sufficient to simulate the load from the server, though I am in India. In that case, what value I need to pass in the script?
ext: {
loadimpact: {
distribution: {
“amazon:in:mumbai”: { loadZone: “amazon:in:mumbai”, percent: 100 },
},
},
}
You can remove ext{...} completely 
Since this will be a k6 run... and not a k6 cloud..., this part of options can simply be omitted: options for load zone distribution matter only in cloud execution.
Thank you @olha for your quick answer
Since this will be a