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Description |
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ihost is a host for the i-scream central monitoring system. It's task |
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is to collect information about the machine it runs on and report it |
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to the server for monitoring. It makes use of the external libstatgrab |
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library for collecting this information. |
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Building and Installation |
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You may wish to use one of the following configure options to change |
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aspects of this process; |
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--with-libstatgrab-prefix=PATH |
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--with-pid-file=FILE |
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--with-log-file=FILE |
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--with-max-udp-size=SIZE |
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The first allows you to specify the location of the PID file. The second |
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allows you to specify the maximum UDP packet size, although you shouldn't |
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need to change this in normal circumstances. |
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The first allows you to specify the prefix to the libstatgrab library |
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if it's not in a standard place. The next two give you the option of |
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changing the location of the PID file, and changing the location of the |
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log file. The last option allows you to change the maximum size of the |
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UDP packets ihost sends to the server, although you shouldn't need to |
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change this in normal circumstances. |
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There are, of course, the usual GNU-style configure options; |
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Running ihost with the -h flag will provide a list of options. You will |
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need to know the address and port number of your i-scream server's filter |
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manager. These details should be given on the command line to ihost. |
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You may wish to run ihost as a daemon, and the ihostchk.sh script helps |
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to ensure it's kept running. Alter the details at the top of this script |
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and add it to your crontab. |
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Problems? |
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