Use ansible to deploy iperf3

Step 1: Install Ansible (if not already installed):

On Linux (Ubuntu/Debian):

bash

sudo apt update 

sudo apt install ansible

Step 2: Set Up Your Inventory File

Create an Ansible inventory file to specify the target VMs. An example inventory file, inventory.ini, could look like this:

ini

[servers] server1 ansible_host=192.168.1.10 
server2 ansible_host=192.168.1.11 

[all:vars] ansible_user=your_user 
ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/path/to/your/private_key

Step 3: Install iperf3 on the Target VMs Using Ansible

To install iperf3 on your VMs, create an Ansible playbook (install_iperf3.yml) with the following content:

yaml

---
- name: Install iperf3 on target VMs
  hosts: servers
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - name: Install iperf3
      apt:
        name: iperf3
        state: present
      when: ansible_os_family == "Ubuntu"

Run this command to install iperf3 on all VMs

Step 4: Configure and Run the iperf3 Test

Now, create a playbook (run_iperf3.yml) to configure and run the iperf3 network speed test between your VMs.

Use this command to run the playbook above which runs iperf3 on vms

You can view the results of the file with

This downloads the file from server 2