How to Install Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ on FreeBSD Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

• You have access to your FreeBSD Latest server with root privileges.
• You have a web browser installed on your local machine.

Step 1: Install Apache web server

Before we can start the installation of Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™, we first need to install Apache web server to serve the Speed Test files to web clients.

To install the Apache web server, run the following command:

pkg install apache24

After the installation completes, start the Apache web server and enable it to start on boot:

sysrc apache24_enable=YES
service apache24 start

Step 2: Install PHP

Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ requires PHP to run. Let's install PHP and its required modules:

pkg install php74 php74-mysqli php74-curl php74-json php74-xml php74-zip

Step 3: Download and extract Speed Test

Download the latest version of Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ from its official website:

fetch https://openspeedtest.com/download.php -o openspeedtest.zip

Now extract the files from the ZIP archive:

unzip openspeedtest.zip -d /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Step 4: Configure Apache for Speed Test

We need to configure Apache to serve the Speed Test files. Let's create a new configuration file:

nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/openspeedtest.conf

And add the following lines:

Alias /openspeedtest "/usr/local/www/apache24/data/openspeedtest/"
<Directory "/usr/local/www/apache24/data/openspeedtest">
    Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

After making changes to the Apache configuration file, restart the web server:

service apache24 restart

Step 5: Access Speed Test

Open a web browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://your-server-ip/openspeedtest/

You should now see the Speed Test homepage in your web browser.

Congratulations! Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ is successfully installed on FreeBSD Latest.

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