Zabbix Template: Speedtest

Monitoring internet bandwidth using speedtest and zabbix. The script uses zabbix_sender to send the values to a Zabbix Server. The interval is set via cron. To get different results the script will randomly choose one of the 10 closest servers each runtime.

Inspired by

• https://git.cdp.li/polcape/zabbix/tree/master/zabbix-speedtest
• https://github.com/sk3pp3r/speedtest2zabbix

Screenshots

Gathered Data

Graphs

How to Use

1. Install Speedtest-Cli

    curl -Lo /usr/bin/speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py
    chmod +x /usr/bin/speedtest-cli

2. Download speedtest-zabbix.sh

    mkdir -p /etc/zabbix/scripts
    cd /etc/zabbix/scripts
    curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sebastian13/zabbix-template-speedtest/master/scripts/speedtest-zabbix.sh
    chmod +x speedtest-zabbix.sh

3. Create Cron

    curl -Lo /etc/cron.d/speedtest-zabbix https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sebastian13/zabbix-template-speedtest/master/speedtest-zabbix.cron
    service cron reload

4. Import the Template zbx_template_speedtest.xml to Zabbix and assign in to a server.

Additional Resources

• Manpage: Zabbix Sender
• Usage: Speedtest-CLI