command line SpeedTest Client Not working due to an SSL certificate error

[crpz41]

I run ubuntu server 22.04 and my platform is armhf. I run the speedtest client version 1.0.0.2-1.5ae238b
speedtest is the ookla program to run internt speedtests. it's not the 3rd party speedtest-cli.

I get the following certificate error after launching the program:

speedtest
[2024-08-09 00:47:25.496] [error] Configuration - SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK (UnknownException)
[2024-08-09 00:47:25.496] [error] Configuration - Cannot retrieve configuration document (0)
[2024-08-09 00:47:25.497] [error] ConfigurationError - Could not retrieve or read configuration (Configuration)
[2024-08-09 00:47:25.497] [error] ConfigurationError - Could not retrieve or read configuration (Configuration)
[error] Configuration - Could not retrieve or read configuration (ConfigurationError)


I haven't changed anything in the system lately, the program stopped working suddenly during the night (its execution is automated). I tried multiple potential fixes including updating ca-certificates and installing libssl1.1_1.1.1w-0+deb11u1, looking for updates.

I ran out of ideas. no other program on the system has SSL certificate errors, I know speedtest user curl to connect so this issue is somewhat related to curl not liking certificates.

let me know how can this be fixed

[TheFu]

Wait a day and try again.
Repeat.

[currentshaft]

25

[crpz41]

this is the official speedtest command line app from ookla. now I updated to the latest version

available here:

https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli

[currentshaft]

g

[crpz41]

speedtest-cli returns lower results for some reason (less than 300 mbps), maybe it's not very much optimized for my slow arm processor in the raspberry. if I can't test the potential full gigabit of the connection, keeping logs stop make sense. I need to recover the use of the old one.

I noticed, if you restart the network service the speedtest works for a few minutes. would be cool to know why. other network related services work just fine.

[him610]

$ apt show speedtest-cli
Package: speedtest-cli
Version: 2.1.3-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 106 kB
Depends: python3:any, python3-pkg-resources, ca-certificates
Homepage: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/
Download-Size: 24.1 kB
APT-Sources: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages
Description: Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net
 Speedtest.net is a webservice that allows you to test your broadband
 connection by downloading a file from one of many Speedtest.net
 servers from around the world.
 .
 This utility allows you to use the Speedtest.net service from the
 command line.
 .
 Note: This tool accesses speedtest.net over http, while the web-based client
 uses websockets. This tool has shown to become increasingly inacurate with
 high-speed connections. For more information, see the readme on:
 https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

[him610]

$ speedtest-cli &
[1] 156644
....:~$ Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Comcast Cable (xxx.xx.xxx.x)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Shentel (Ashburn, VA) [93.31 km]: 68.035 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 79.57 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 22.57 Mbit/s

[1]+  Done                    speedtest-cli

[TheFu]

Different models of Raspberry Pi hardware have different limitations on bandwidth, regardless of what the spec sheet says. Some with "GigE" ports can only get at most 250Mbps because that GigE port is internally connected to a USB2 bus.

So, what exact version of Rapberry Pi and which exact version of an OS is being used? Those are the first two questions to be answered. I see 22.04 but is that desktop Ubuntu or Server or Core?

[crpz41]

notes on the system:
I have ubuntu 22.04 server, there is no GUI.
the raspberry is the Pi4 4GB RAM. for the task I do, it's overkill.
I use max 512MB of RAM and I hit 100% cpu usage only during security updates. the other network services use very low bandwidth and cpu.
it's basically a network QoS monitoring device with few services available for local users (for example Pihole)

back to the speedtest problem:

with the regular speedtest program I can hit 940 mbps download, the cpu usage goes mainly on 1-2 cores, it's not heavy at all. I don't know why the cli version cannot perform the same, we are here to find why the regular app see network problems.
the problem isn't the app, it's something in the system of course related to certificates and access to the network. we shouldn't focus on the speedtest program itself.