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speedtest-cli is a very useful command line tool for SysAdmin or users with shell access to quickly test the download, upload and ping speed of the Linux server.
Below we will cover the installation on CentOS/RedHat , Ubuntu/Debian and the manual way that will work for any other Linux distribution.
CentOS/RedHat
Install the epel release repository
yum install epel-release -y
Install python3 and python3-pip and update pip
yum install python3 python3-pip -y pip3 install --upgrade pip3
Install speedtest-cli with pip3
pip3 install speedtest-cli
Ubuntu
Update server packages
apt update apt upgrade -y
Install python3 , python3-pip and update pip3
apt-get install python3 python3-pip pip3 install --upgrade pip3
Install speedtest-cli with pip3
pip3 install speedtest-cli
Other Linux/UNIX distributions
Make sure python3 is installed on your server
Download speedtest-cli
wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py
Change file permissions for execution
chmod +x speedtest-cli
Note: Some firewalls may prevent the test from working properly by generating a “0 Mbps” download/upload result.
Example commands for speedtest-cli
Run the command below to start the speed test
speedtest-cli
Example of result
[root@helpsysadmin ~]# speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Testing from Choopa, LLC (xxx.xxx.xx.xx)... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by UPX Technologies (Miami, FL) [2.79 km]: 1.777 ms Testing download speed................................................................................ Download: 275.07 Mbit/s Testing upload speed................................................................................................ Upload: 406.27 Mbit/s
To run the test and generate the Speedtest link with the result:
speedtest-cli --share
[root@helpsysadmin ~]# speedtest-cli --share Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Testing from Choopa, LLC (xxx.xxx.xx.xx)... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by Grupo GTD (Miami, FL) [2.79 km]: 1.251 ms Testing download speed................................................................................ Download: 3185.75 Mbit/s Testing upload speed................................................................................................ Upload: 2603.02 Mbit/s Share results: http://www.speedtest.net/result/10619675862.png
Below is an example of the result
