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perfops cli - run tests from 200+ servers all over the world [open source]
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perfops cli - run tests from 200+ servers all over the world [open source]

jimaekjimaek Member
edited September 2017 in General

I've built a small command line tool that allows people to run commands like ping, curl, traceroute, mtr and more from multiple locations around the world.

Its also open source https://github.com/ProspectOne/perfops-cli

How to install


Usage example:

perfops ping --from "eastern europe" google.com
Node111, Moscow, Russian Federation
PING google.com (173.194.222.113) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 173.194.222.113: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=11.6 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.222.113: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=11.4 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.222.113: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=11.4 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 602ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 11.433/11.513/11.650/0.157 ms

  • Currently its free to use and run an unlimited amount of tests.
  • Its a beta. Stuff can break and not work correctly. Report problems in Github and I will fix them
  • In the future I plan to charge for tests but I will leave a generous free plan for everyone to use. Not sure about the pricing yet. How much would you pay for this?
  • What do you think? Do you like it? Anything missing?

Comments

  • this is wonderful :) thank you

  • so you found a good way to use your hundreds of vps servers? thank you!

  • Hope ping of death isn't supported :)

    Thanked by 1JasperNL
  • @muratai yep, didn't plan it at first but decided it was a cool idea after building an API for my own needs

    @farsighter it should not work, but you are welcomed to try.

  • Btw you can also create your own tools using the API http://docs.perfops.net/

  • gbshousegbshouse Member, Host Rep

    How to get API token?

  • @gbshouse said:
    How to get API token?

    If you take a look at the API documentation, you can see that everything can be done without an API token.

  • Yes, at the moment the token is not needed. Everyone gets unlimited tests. Later you will need it to run more tests than free users.

  • New update. Run "yum update perfops" or equivalent to download. https://github.com/ProspectOne/perfops-cli

    • Added "--json/-J" parameter for JSON output
    • Fixed many bugs in the API
    • Less "no nodes found" errors.
    • "location" is no longer required. It will select a random node.

    You can also use the online tool built on the same API https://www.cdnperf.com/tools/cdn-latency-benchmark

  • jimaek said: You can also use the online tool built on the same API https://www.cdnperf.com/tools/cdn-latency-benchmark

    This is great! Thank you

  • vmhausvmhaus Member, Top Host, Host Rep

    Hello,

    Really nice tool any plans for IPv6 support?

    Thanked by 1Rhys
  • No Ipv6 plans right now. I want to make v4 stable for now and grow the service.

  • RhysRhys Member, Host Rep

    Nice work this is looking good. I'm having a few issues with traceroutes to anycast.melted.me either returning a new line or just "-2" rather than the output.

  • Can you send me a PM with more info? The full command and locations

  • @jimaek said:

    one day you'll say all your pings belong to me :)

    Thanked by 1Wolveix
  • Fixed a few problems with short timeouts and no output. Turns out traceroutes take longer to finish than I expected.

  • RhysRhys Member, Host Rep
    edited October 2017

    @jimaek said:
    Fixed a few problems with short timeouts and no output. Turns out traceroutes take longer to finish than I expected.

    Still getting this returned for mtrs, traceroutes seem to be working now:

    bifrost :: ~ 1 » perfops mtr --from "Miami" anycast.melted.me --limit 2
    Node147, Miami, United States
    -2
    Node10, Miami, United States
    -2
    
  • jimaekjimaek Member
    edited October 2017

    Yeah, same problem. Looks like I have to go even higher. Will fix soon.

    But this is good, fixing all these small issues in beta before the stable release.

  • jimaekjimaek Member
    edited October 2017

    Try now, should be ok

    Thanked by 1Rhys
  • Hey! Thanks! I used your API to check which servers were the fastest in Bahrain! (Shame your servers don't answer to ICMP though...)

  • RhysRhys Member, Host Rep
    edited October 2017

    @jimaek said:
    Try now, should be ok

    Yep working great, if possible could the -w flag be passed to mtr for full hostname output, and maybe --show-ips & --aslookup for a more useful output.

    bifrost :: ~ 1 » perfops mtr --from "Miami" anycast.melted.me --limit 2
    Node147, Miami, United States
    Start: Wed Oct 11 23:55:01 2017
                      Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
      1.|-- ???                       100.0     2    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
      2.|-- 173.44.32.249              0.0%     2    0.3   0.3   0.3   0.4   0.0
      3.|-- te0-0-1-0.nr11.b002802-4.  0.0%     2    1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0   0.0
      4.|-- te0-7-0-27.rcr21.b002802-  0.0%     2    0.8   0.8   0.8   0.8   0.0
      5.|-- be2442.ccr22.mia01.atlas.  0.0%     2    1.0   1.0   1.0   1.1   0.0
      6.|-- be2123.ccr42.atl01.atlas.  0.0%     2   14.9  15.1  14.9  15.3   0.0
      7.|-- be2113.ccr42.dca01.atlas.  0.0%     2   25.7  25.8  25.7  25.9   0.0
      8.|-- be2807.ccr42.jfk02.atlas.  0.0%     2   32.5  32.4  32.3  32.5   0.0
      9.|-- be2057.ccr21.jfk10.atlas.  0.0%     2   32.3  32.3  32.3  32.3   0.0
     10.|-- 38.122.229.202             0.0%     2   32.6  37.1  32.6  41.5   6.2
     11.|-- vl50-br1.pnj1.choopa.net   0.0%     2   39.4  36.7  33.9  39.4   3.9
     12.|-- 108.61.67.46               0.0%     2   34.0  34.0  34.0  34.1   0.0
     13.|-- ???                       100.0     2    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
     14.|-- 139.5.187.1                0.0%     2   33.7  33.7  33.7  33.8   0.0
    

    vs

    bifrost :: ~ 130 » mtr -w --show-ips --aslookup --report -c2 anycast.melted.me
    Start: Wed Oct 11 21:58:07 2017
    HOST: bifrost                                                     Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
      1. AS24940 static.169.9.9.5.clients.your-server.de (5.9.9.169)   0.0%     2    0.2   0.3   0.2   0.3   0.0
      2. AS24940 core24.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.229.237)             0.0%     2    0.3   0.3   0.3   0.4   0.0
      3. AS24940 core4.fra.hetzner.com (213.239.203.149)               0.0%     2    5.1   5.1   5.1   5.1   0.0
      4. AS???   de-cix.melbicom.net (80.81.195.108)                   0.0%     2    5.5   5.6   5.5   5.6   0.0
      5. AS56630 185.131.64.127                                        0.0%     2   10.9  10.9  10.9  10.9   0.0
      6. AS205942139.5.187.1                                           0.0%     2   10.9  10.9  10.9  10.9   0.0
    
  • Sounds interesting. I added it to my TODO.

    Let me know if you have any other feedback.

  • hzrhzr Member

    Can you enable ICMP traceroutes? I need to traceroute a bunch of stuff that drops UDP.

  • Can you send me a few example commands and endpoints via PM?

  • jimaekjimaek Member
    edited October 2017

    As a quick fix I made icmp traceroutes and full hostnames on mtr the default.

    Adding additional parameters will take some time.

  • Just wanted to let everyone know that we are still working on this project.

    Since last time we added real time output of tests while they are running. More servers. And fixed many bugs.

    Just make sure you update the command line tool to latest version.

    We also launched a UI for all network tests in https://panel.perfops.net/

    Unregistered accounts are now limited to avoid abuse. To get more tests you can get a free account from https://perfops.net/ and use the API key.

    All feedback is appreciated. Including missing locations and ideas where we can get them.

    Thanked by 3MasonR wrox atomi
  • Been a while but we made quite a few improvements and lowered our prices.
    Free users also now get 500 free tests per month.

    New website as well https://perfops.net/network-tests-on-demand

    Also I am now working on getting more locations again. Had to drop a bunch of low quality providers that had more problems that I was willing to deal with.

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