speedtest-app

An internet speed test web application leveraging either Ookla Speedtest-CLI (https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli) or iperf3 (https://software.es.net/iperf/). Node.js service with React frontend using Material-UI.

Example use-case: test "wired speed" of a computer connected via hard-wired ethernet from any device on your network.

docker install

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• docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name speedtest-app bwmoran/speedtest-app
  • port can be changed via environment variable PORT: -p PORT=3000
• application should be running at http://localhost:5000

old-fashioned install

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dependencies

• Latest stable Node.js runtime release with npm
• Git
• Speedtest-CLI (https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli)
  • note: if using Windows, you need to add the directory that contains speedtest.exe to system Path, so that it can be run globally. (for example: C:\Projects\ookla-speedtest-1.0.0-win64\)
• iperf3
  • note: if using Windows, you need to add the directory that contains iperf3.exe to system Path, so that it can be run globally. (for example: C:\Projects\iperf-3.1.3-win64\)

installation

• clone repository
  • git clone https://github.com/moranbw/speedtest-app.git
• navigate to application directory
• install dependencies and build client
  • npm run deploy
• run application from dist
  • node index.js
• application should be running at http://localhost:5000

proxy example

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set environment variable PROXY_PATH

• docker run -d -p 5000:5000 -e PROXY_PATH="speedtest" --name speedtest-app bwmoran/speedtest-app

nginx

location /speedtest/ {
    proxy_pass http://your_ip_or_host:5000;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}

caddy

redir /speedtest /speedtest/
route /speedtest/* {
    reverse_proxy your_ip_or_host:5000
}

demo

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other acknowledgements

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• "High-Speed Train" emoji logo/favicon is courtesy of the Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) project: https://github.com/twitter/twemoji