Virtual Box / Vagrant Network Performance

Performance testing various network configuration options with Virtual Box and Vagrant on Mac OSX. Check out my blog post for additional information and test results.

Requirements

• Mac OS X (Test with OS X El Capitan | Version 10.11.5)
• Homebrew
• VirtualBox 5.0.10
• Vagrant

Install Homebrew

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install Virtual Box

brew cask install virtualbox

Install Vagrant

brew cask install vagrant

Install and run

git clone git@github.com:kylebush/virtualbox-vagrant-network-performance.git
cd virtualbox-vagrant-network-performance
vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
vagrant up
vagrant ssh test-vm

You can try different configuration by updating the Vagrantfile and rebuilding the VM:

vagrant destroy test-vm
vagrant up 
vagrant ssh test-vm

To run the speed test:

speedtest-cli