SpeedFlux will monitor your internet speeds at a regular interval and export all of the data to InfluxDB.
It is mostly written in Python but, uses Ookla's SpeedTest CLI. This is a CLI app. We use Python subprocess to utilize this tool.
There are other Python packages out there that can use Ookla's systems but they are not official and don't provide the same data. This method is consistent and also provides several additional pieces of info. That extra info allows us to tag the data we send to InfluxDB many different ways.
You can see on the Grafana image below some examples of those tags such as averageing the speeds of different testing sites and rank them. Other uses may tagging different interfaces and running an instance for each. You can view those tagging options below
The grafana image below is a prebuilt dashboard you can find at https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/13053.
The InfluxDB connection settings are controlled by environment variables.
The variables available are:
- NAMESPACE = default - None
- INFLUX_DB_ADDRESS = default - influxdb
- INFLUX_DB_PORT = default - 8086
- INFLUX_DB_USER = default - {blank}
- INFLUX_DB_PASSWORD = default - {blank}
- INFLUX_DB_DATABASE = default - speedtests
- INFLUX_DB_TAGS = default - None * See below for options, '*' widcard for all *
- SPEEDTEST_INTERVAL = default - 5 (minutes)
- SPEEDTEST_SERVER_ID = default - {blank} * id from https://c.speedtest.net/speedtest-servers-static.php *
- PING_INTERVAL = default - 5 (seconds)
- PING_TARGETS = default - 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8 (csv of hosts to ping)
- LOG_TYPE = info
- Intervals are in minutes. Script will convert it to seconds.
- If any variables are not needed, don't declare them. Functions will operate with or without most variables.
- Tags should be input without quotes. INFLUX_DB_TAGS = isp, interface, external_ip, server_name, speedtest_url
- NAMESPACE is used to collect data from multiple instances of the container into one database and select which you wish to view in Grafana. i.e. I have one monitoring my Starlink, the other my TELUS connection.
The Ookla speedtest app provides a nice set of data beyond the upload and download speed. The list is below.
| Tag Name | Description |
|---|---|
| isp | Your connections ISP |
| interface | Your devices connection interface |
| internal_ip | Your container or devices IP address |
| interface_mac | Mac address of your devices interface |
| vpn_enabled | Determines if VPN is enabled or not? I wasn't sure what this represented |
| external_ip | Your devices external IP address |
| server_id | The Speedtest ID of the server that was used for testing |
| server_name | Name of the Speedtest server used for testing |
| server_country | Country where the Speedtest server resides |
| server_location | Location where the Speedtest server resides |
| server_host | Hostname of the Speedtest server |
| server_port | Port used by the Speedtest server |
| server_ip | Speedtest server's IP address |
| speedtest_id | ID of the speedtest results. Can be used on their site to see results |
| speedtest_url | Link to the testing results. It provides your results as it would if you tested on their site. |
Be aware that this script will automatically accept the license and GDPR statement so that it can run non-interactively. Make sure you agree with them before running.
- Run the container.
docker run -d -t --name speedflux \ -e 'NAMESPACE'='None' \ -e 'INFLUX_DB_ADDRESS'='influxdb' \ -e 'INFLUX_DB_PORT'='8086' \ -e 'INFLUX_DB_USER'='_influx_user_' \ -e 'INFLUX_DB_PASSWORD'='_influx_pass_' \ -e 'INFLUX_DB_DATABASE'='speedflux' \ -e 'SPEEDTEST_INTERVAL'='5' \ -e 'SPEEDTEST_FAIL_INTERVAL'='5' \ -e 'SPEEDTEST_SERVER_ID'='6601' \ -e 'LOG_TYPE'='info' \ dontobi/speedflux.rpi
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Inspired by breadlysm and qlustor
This script looks to have been originally written by https://github.com/aidengilmartin/speedtest-to-influxdb/blob/master/main.py and I forked it from https://github.com/breadlysm/speedtest-to-influxdb. They did the hard work, I've continued to modify it though to fit my needs.