SpeedFlux

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 json is also available in the report named speedflux-grafana.json. Additionally, other contributors have modified this dash and included a JSON file of those modifications. Use GrafanaDash-SpeedTests.json to import that dash into Grafana.

Docker Hub

docker pull caiodelgadonew/speedflux:latest

Configuring the script

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

Variable Notes

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.

Tag Options

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.

Additional Notes

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.

Running the Script

Docker Compose

If you already have Docker and Docker Compose installed, you can use the included docker compose file.

clone the github repo
navigate to the folder
edit the docker-compose.yml file with your settings
then run docker compose up

Docker Run

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'='speedtests' \
-e 'SPEEDTEST_INTERVAL'='5' \
-e 'SPEEDTEST_FAIL_INTERVAL'='5'  \
-e 'SPEEDTEST_SERVER_ID'='12746' \
-e 'LOG_TYPE'='info' \
caiodelgadonew/speedtest-to-influxdb

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.

caiodelgadonew/SpeedFlux