This project is a proof-of-concept .NET Core 3.0 Linux worker service with systemd integration that gathers and logs internet speed data. It was inspired by a combination of a tech talk and extremely slow internet speeds at the hotel.
Naturally, this is intended to run on a Unix machine with the systemd suite. For reference, I used a Debian 9 machine for all development and testing.
To run locally without integrating with systemd, simply navigate to the folder with the .csproj file and use dotnet build and dotnet run. To build, publish, and integrate with systemd, run sh deploy.sh. Since this is a simple proof-of-concept, you'll need to update the paths in the Shell script to get this working on your machine. Normally, you would move the executable somewhere like the /sbin folder outside of the local repository file structure.
To view the status of the service, run sudo systemctl status speedtest. You can also view the logs using sudo journalctl -u speedtest.
To stop the service, run sudo systemctl stop speedtest.service.