Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to test your upload/download speed from your VPS and share the “famous” picture from speedtest.net ?
Speedtest.net uses Flash to test upload/download speed which is a hassle on most VPS.
The long way to get this is to install VNC and run it from a browser, but that is no longer necessary.
We can now use Matt Martz python script speedtest-cli to accomplish this from the commandline.
Prerequisites:
- Python 2.4-2.7 or 3
After you have installed Python on your vps download the speedtest-cli file from github.
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wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest_cli.py |
when the download is complete, make the file executable with:
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chmod +x speedtest-cli |
and then run it with:
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./speedtest-cli.py --share |
after the test are run you will get the url to your speedtest.net image.
heres an example ran from a Securedragon VPS
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root@sdragon256:~# python speedtest-cli --share Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Testing from Secure Dragon LLC. (199.167.31.XXX)... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by Hivelocity Hosting (Tampa, FL) [27.12 km]: 56.982 ms Testing download speed........................................ Download: 78.07 Mbit/s Testing upload speed.................................................. Upload: 58.69 Mbit/s Share results: http://www.speedtest.net/result/2481742413.png |
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