[GUIDE] Use Speedtest.net from your vps/dedi without using vnc/remote

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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

 

After you have installed Python on your vps download the speedtest-cli file from github

If you have Python 2.X installed then run this:

wget https://raw.github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest-cli --no-check-certificate -O speedtest-cli.py

 

when downloaded execute with:

python 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 VPS

 

root@sdragon256:~# python speedtest-cli --share Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... 
Retrieving speedtest.net server list... 
Testing from Secure Dragon LLC. (199.167.31.222)... 
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

 

source: http://www.lowendguide.com/category/scripts/

 

p.s. This little guide Works only on Linux servers/vps with SSH2 access.