Steps to get a speedtest.net result link

rahulks

of a linux VPS ?

step by step ?

laaev

There are other ways to test network performance via SSH without using speedtest.net. If you insist on using that, AFAIK you would need to use VNC equipped with a web browser with flash installed.

KernelSanders

google ?

Victor

https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

gubbyte

@rahulks said: step by step ?

apt-get update
apt-get install vnc4server lubuntu-desktop flashplugin-installer
chmod 755 /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
vnc4server
vnc4server -kill :1
chmod 755 ~/.vnc/xstartup
cat > ~/.vnc/xstartup << EOF
#!/bin/sh

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources

startlubuntu &

EOF
vnc4server -geometry 1024x650

Connect to the VNC server, open Chromiun, go to Speedtest, and collect your link.

turbovm

For the most part what Victor has provided works wonders - You get the resulting image to share with people too, which is what most people want from the speedtest.net tests, to "show off" per se.

None of this installing VNC, only requirement being Python 2.X or 3.X.

snelweg

what about serverbear? works for me.
http://serverbear.com/

BlazeMuis

Just use the speedtest-cli which @victor already said
Just use the following command to get a speedtest with the image: python speedtest-cli.py --simple --share

Once it's done it will show you the link to the speedtest results

black

@Victor said: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

How much memory does this use? I'm getting a out of ram error on a 128 MB VPS.

Roph

Neat, I always wanted something like this :O

MiniVPS:

RamNode:
"Killed" each time I try

ChicagoVPS:

Semoweb:

gubbyte

Roph

Odd, I'm running it fine on 128m boxes.

curtisg

digital ocean.

Kenshin

Anyone noticed that the latency measured by the script is off? On a Windows machine I get 2ms, via the script it's 30ms.

Intcs

@Kenshin said: Anyone noticed that the latency measured by the script is off? On a Windows machine I get 2ms, via the script it's 30ms.

Did you run https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli on the same Windows machine? If so then it could be a mess in choosing a location that's close to your VPS datacenter, check if there's something editable in the speedtest-cli for the way of choosing a speedtest server.

sandro

I'm getting "Killed" always

sandro

Where can I find servers' IDs?

gubbyte

@sandro said: Where can I find servers' IDs?

./speedtest-cli --list

sandro

@gubbyte said: ./speedtest-cli --list

that was embarrassing

NateN34

Ben1002

NodeDeploy

curtisg

@BenND said: NodeDeploy

.... time to order a new nodedeploy server.

gubbyte

@BenND said: NodeDeploy

Was that ran on a host node?

connercg

cleared

KernelSanders

@BenND said: NodeDeploy

Nice speed but the ping is a little concerning based on the distance (~50mi)

BradND

Think that may be due to the cli version of speed test, for example were ~1ms away from google

KernelSanders

Alright, very very nice speeds though

gubbyte

I'm not sure why this is "Amazon Data Services" and not "Web":

Kenshin

@Intcs said: Did you run https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli on the same Windows machine? If so then it could be a mess in choosing a location that's close to your VPS datacenter, check if there's something editable in the speedtest-cli for the way of choosing a speedtest server.

Nope ran on another FreeBSD machine on the same network. Both are manual server selection to the same server in SG.

@BradND said: Think that may be due to the cli version of speed test, for example were ~1ms away from google

Probably the same issue I mentioned, the flash page gives 2ms, the cli gives 30ms.

Makkesk8

For those with centos:

wget https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/archive/master.zip
unzip master
cd speedtest-cli-master
./speedtest-cli

black

Just a heads up, speedtest-cli eats memory like crazy. I can't get it to run on a 128MB VPS.