Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ is a free and open source web-based tool that can measure your internet speed. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
First, we need to update the system packages to their latest versions. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Next, we need to install the required packages for Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™. Run the following command:
sudo apk add php7 php7-dom php7-curl nginx curl
Download the latest version of Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ from the official website using the following command:
curl -L -o openspeedtest.zip https://openspeedtest.com/download/openspeedtest.zip
After the download is complete, extract the downloaded ZIP file to the root directory of the web server by running the following command:
sudo unzip openspeedtest.zip -d /var/www/
We will use Nginx as the web server for our Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ installation. Create a new Nginx server block for OpenSpeedTest™ by running the following command:
sudo touch /etc/nginx/conf.d/openspeedtest.conf
Open the newly created file with a text editor and add the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name openspeedtest.local;
root /var/www/openspeedtest;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm7.4.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Start PHP-FPM and Nginx services by running the following commands:
sudo rc-service php-fpm7.4 start
sudo rc-service nginx start
Navigate to http://localhost in your web browser. You should see the Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ page. Run the speed test to verify that it is working correctly.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ on Alpine Linux Latest. By following the above steps, you should be able to use Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ to measure your internet speed.
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