It would be nice if we had a way to invoke a speedtest and record the data pulled down. This could easily be done using a powershell script and a datasource but I'm still fairly new to logicmonitor so creating a data source isn't really something I'm good or comfortable with.
ProfessorLooks like Akamai has stopped this option to test a download. Does anyone have any other options?
ProfessorYeah, I have that working, at least from Linux collectors (with puppet ensuring package deployed). Not ideal and not terribly accurate. I checked again just now for better options and found https://speedof.me/api.html; trying that to see how well it may work. Not free, but not terribly costly either.
2 minutes ago, mnagel said:I checked again just now for better options and found https://speedof.me/api.html; trying that to see how well it may work. Not free, but not terribly costly either.
Wouldn't this be similar to just running an external web check in LM, but with more metrics?
ProfessorJust now, Stuart Weenig said:Wouldn't this be similar to just running an external web check in LM, but with more metrics?
The problem with most of the web-only options is the upload speed test is either nonexistent or very inaccurate. The speedtest-cli client is not supported and does not use the same protocols normally used by Ookla tests. I have not tried the SpeedOfMe API yet, so not sure if it is better or worse, but would hope they account for running it similarly to interactive conditions. I also just found Ookla now has a supported CLI option, which looks hopeful. Seems like it needs a license for commercial use, though. https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli
