Checking speed on vps

Modified on Mon, 27 May at 1:54 PM

To check the speed of your Internet connection on a VPS using the speedtest-cli utility, follow these steps:


  1. Connect to your VPS via SSH. For example, using the command:

    ssh username@your_vps_ip


  2. Install the speedtest-cli utility. To do this, you need to run one of the following commands, depending on your operating system:

    Debian/Ubuntu:

    sudo apt updatesudo

    apt install speedtest-cli


    CentOS/RHEL:

    sudo yum install -y epel-release

    sudo yum install -y speedtest-cli


  3. Run a speed test. After installing the utility, run the command:

    speedtest-cli

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