--- projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/README 2001/03/07 02:17:45 1.1 +++ projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/README 2001/03/27 08:46:27 1.2 @@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ i-scream ihost README file URL: http://www.i-scream.org.uk/ -$Id: README,v 1.1 2001/03/07 02:17:45 tdb Exp $ +$Id: README,v 1.2 2001/03/27 08:46:27 pjm2 Exp $ What is ihost? -------------- ihost is a "host" application for the i-scream distributed central monitoring -system. The job of a host is to harvest data from the machine on which it's run -and then send this data to a central server for processing. +system. The job of a host is to harvest data from the machine on which it is +running and then send this data to a central server for processing. The ihost performs this task on Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD, and is written in the Perl programming Language. @@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ the Perl programming Language. How do I use ihost? ------------------- -Fortunately ihost is pretty easy to get started. Once you have downloaded and +Fortunately, ihost is pretty easy to get started. Once you have downloaded and extracted the archive, you just need to run the program. This is done as shown -here; +here: - -./ihost.pl + ./ihost.pl The ihost should then start and configure itself, providing some debugging information. @@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ If you are proficient in Perl you would start by alter the new data from your system. Once this is done and tested, you would modify statgrab to add this data to an outgoing packet. -A more indepth discussion may be given in the system documentation. +A more indepth discussion is available in the maintenance documentation for +the ihost. Where can I get the latest ihost? ---------------------------------