+ + + +

Getting Started

Getting Started with the i-scream Central Monitoring System

1. Installing the corba services (pre-requisite for the server)

@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ this running. It should simply be a case of extracting

The first stage is to download and install the server application. The latest versions of all i-scream applications can be found at the following URL:

http://www.i-scream.org.uk/downloads

http://www.i-scream.org/downloads

Once downloaded, the archive should be extracted to a directory of your choice. The server will run on most Java enabled platforms (including Windows, Linux and FreeBSD).

@@ -82,8 +78,10 @@ i-scream website. Once extracted it just needs to be s pieces of information to do this: the filtermanager (part of the server) host and port number. If you haven't changed much in terms of configuration this will be the machine the server is running on, and port 4567. To start ihost you -simply type;

+simply type:

ihost.pl server.domain.com port

ihost will then contact the server to obtain it's configuration and start sending information.

The windows host, winhost, is very similar. All you need to do is install it @@ -133,16 +131,21 @@ needs. You may wish to run the database section of the machine as the database, while running the rest on another machine.

Some discussion about this is available in the server documentation.

If you have any questions about any of the above, please don't hesitate to -contact us at dev@i-scream.org.uk. If you find we've missed something out, +contact us at dev@i-scream.org. If you find we've missed something out, again, please let us know.

Finally, we'd like to thank you for trying this i-scream product. We realise that it's still at an early stage, and we therefore appreciate you taking the time to try it out.

The i-scream team. +

The i-scream team.