Run a Speedtest

A speed test measures your server’s network performance, including download and upload speeds.

Prerequisites

Installation and Usage

Download speedtest-cli

wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py
chmod +x speedtest-cli

Run the test

./speedtest-cli

Install speedtest

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/ookla/speedtest-cli/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
sudo yum install speedtest

Run the test

speedtest

Metric	Description
Download Speed	Rate of data transfer from internet to your server
Upload Speed	Rate of data transfer from your server to internet
Ping/Latency	Time for data to travel to the test server and back

Speed test results are indicative and may vary based on server load, time of day, and test server location.