{"id":5460,"date":"2016-10-19T07:14:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T07:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=5460"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T10:10:05","slug":"host-speedtest-server-centos-7-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/host-speedtest-server-centos-7-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to HOST SPEEDTEST SERVER ON CENTOS 7 VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speedtest is used to check the speed of uploading and downloading in the server. You can also test the network speed of your server too. It is quite simple to install Speedtest in server.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can even host your own Speedtest webapp using its Mini version. Simply follow very easy steps below:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prequisities:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A mini VPS with at least 512MB of RAM. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Install CentOS 7 on it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Putty or any of your favorite SSH client.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About 15 minutes of your time with a cup of tea.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>install Apache and php:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong> -Login to your VPS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 You need to have an Apache web-server on it . So let\u2019s start to install it. Issue this command:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>yum install httpd -y<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Next, we need to install PHP and required PHP modules:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>yum install php php-mysql php-gd php-mcrypt -y<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<h3>DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL SPEEDTEST MINI<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Now get Speedtest Mini package using wget:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>wget http:\/\/c.speedtest.net\/mini\/mini.zip<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Unzip its package and move it to web directory. Simply follow the commands below:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>unzip mini.zip\r\nmkdir -p \/var\/www\/html\r\ncp -rRfv mini \/var\/www\/html\/<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you haven&#8217;t install unzip yet, you can install it with this command:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>yum install unzip -y<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Go to the web directory and rename index-php.html to index.html:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>cd \/var\/www\/html\/mini\r\nmv index-php.html index.html<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Finally, start Apache service with this command:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>systemctl start httpd<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Finally, you can run it for the very first time. Open up your favorite web browser and give it a try. You can access it via this URL:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">http:\/\/x.x.x.x\/mini<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Replace that x.x.x.x with your own VPS IP address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That\u2019s all to do,\u00a0Please Give your opinion below if you experience any issues or to discuss your ideas and experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speedtest is used to check the speed of uploading and downloading in the server. You can also test the network speed of your server too. It is quite simple to install Speedtest in server. 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