# Local Testing

Test mobile applications against private, staging, or internal backend environments securely without exposing them to the public internet. The Local Testing section explains how to create a secure network tunnel between your internal infrastructure and real devices in the Pcloudy device cloud.

Using the Pcloudy Desktop Assistant, also known as PDA, teams can enable real devices hosted in the cloud to communicate directly with non public backend services inside their local or restricted environments. This makes it possible to validate pre production builds, internal APIs, feature flagged releases, and staging configurations under real device conditions without compromising security.

## Local Testing Overview
Understand secure tunnel architecture and flow.

## Installing the PDA
Install Pcloudy Desktop Assistant for secure connectivity.

## Setting up Local Testing
Configure the secure tunnel for local testing.

## Running Wildnet as Utility
Run Wildnet in the background for secure connectivity.