Automated Aussie Broadband speed test

Automated check using Aussie Broadband's Speed Test utility.

The primary purpose of this very simple script is to run and record speed test results on a schedule using any old spare computer or Raspberry Pi.

Browser automation

A remote Selenium Firefox webdriver is used to run the speed test and collect results.

Data collection

Results are collected into an InfluxDB instance. Data collected includes:

• Download speed in kbps
• Upload speed in kbps
• Ping time in ms

Setup

The remote webdriver and InfluxDB are provided as Docker Compose services.

docker compose up -d

The InfluxDB UI can be accessed at http://localhost:8086 using credentials

• Username: speedtest
• Password: speedtest

Note: Credentials and other configuration is done via environment variables in docker-compose.yml.

Configuration Environment Variables

Name	Description	Default value
BROWSER_URL	Location of the remote Firefox webdriver	http://localhost:4444
DB_URL	Location of the InfluxDB	http://localhost:8086
DB_AUTH_TOKEN	InfluxDB auth token	speedtest-admin-token
DB_ORG	InfluxDB organisation	speedtest
DB_BUCKET	InfluxDB bucket for speedtest results	speedtest
TIMEOUT	Max wait time (seconds) for results to appear	120

Running

Install dependencies...

pip install -r requirements.txt

and run...

python speed-test.py

Docker

Alternately, run the application via Docker Compose

docker compose run app