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  <h1 class="top">i-scream CMS homepage</h1>

  <div id="topnav">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
      <li><a href="#screenshots">Screen Shots</a></li>
      <li><a href="#demo">Reports Demo</a></li>
      <li><a href="#downloads">Downloads</a></li>
      <li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
      <li><a href="#history">Project History</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>

  <h2><a name="overview">Overview</a></h2>
  <p>
     The i-scream central monitoring system provides a free, centrally
     configurable distributed server to monitor the status and
     performance of Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD and Windows machines
     on a network. The server can raise alerts using email, IRC or
     a large public information display. Information may also be
     browsed interactively via the web or using our multi-platform
     client.
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="features.xhtml">Features</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    Follow the link above for the original problem specification
    we were given to develop the i-scream CMS, and the feature set
    of the CMS after it was finished.
  </p>

  <h2><a name="screenshots">Screen Shots</a></h2>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="screenshots/">Screen Shots</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    These screenshots were taken at the end of the project, and
    therefore show the old build given below, and none of our new
    features.
  </p>

  <h2><a name="demo">Reports Demo</a></h2>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="reports/">Demo</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    This is a demo of the web-based reports that the i-scream system
    can do. It's taken from the old builds, so doesn't show any of
    the new RRDTool based features.
  </p>

  <h2><a name="downloads">Downloads</a></h2>

  <h3>Snapshot Builds</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://snapshots.i-scream.org">Snapshots</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    Since the project was completed various changes have happened
    in the CMS. These are undocumented, but fairly straightforward.
    We'd strongly suggest you use this version of the CMS rather
    than the builds from the end of the project.
  </p>
  <p>
    We've done a fair amount of work on the graphing/database side
    of the CMS, and fixed numerous bugs.  Also, the new ihost/libstatgrab
    combination requires the snapshot builds.
  </p>

  <h3>Old Builds (from project completion)</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/cms/">Old Builds</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    These builds were completed at the end of the project itself.
    They match with the documentation below, and work. But we've
    done a fair amount of work since creating them.
  </p>

  <h2><a name="documentation">Documentation</a></h2>

  <h3>Product documentation</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="documentation/">Documentation</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    This documentation was written as the CMS project was completed.
    It therefore applies to the downloads available from the time
    the project finished. There will definately be descrepences
    between this documentation and the snapshot builds.
  </p>

  <h3>Javadoc documentation</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="javadoc/">Javadoc</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    Each component of the CMS written in java has fairly extensive
    javadoc documentation that helps to explain the code and API's.
  </p>

  <h3>Process documentation</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="minutes.xhtml">Meeting Minutes</a></li>
    <li><a href="projectpapers.xhtml">Documentation</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    Various pieces of documentation were generated during the project
    that were intended for internal use. They're not required reading
    for running the CMS, but might be interesting if you're curious
    about the project itself.
  </p>

  <h2><a name="history">Project History</a></h2>

  <p>
    The i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System started off
    as a final year project for a group of <a
    href="http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/"> Computer Science</a> students
    at the <a href="http://www.kent.ac.uk/"> University of Kent</a>,
    UK. The project was completed at 4pm on 29 March 2001. It
    consisted of five lever-arch folders containing mostly source
    code and documentation. The CVS repository was tagged to signify
    this event, however.
  </p>
  <p>
    As can be seen in our &quot;<a href="features.xhtml">problem
    domain</a>&quot; document, the project was aimed at the UKC
    Computer Science department, and as such we believed that a
    demonstration to the &quot;customer&quot; was important. The
    feedback from our demonstation was more positive than we had
    anticipated. We believe that the system may now be of interest
    to anybody who wishes to monitor a number of machines on their
    network using a central configuration. The i-scream central
    monitoring system is now being used by the UKC Computer Science
    department, and their feedback is being used to further improve
    the product.
  </p>
  <p>
    The name <i>i-scream</i> arose from a meeting whereupon one
    member of the development team felt a strange urge to draw an
    ice cream on the discussion board.  It later became apparent
    that we had no name for our project (other than 'The Project').
    It seemed only natural to name our project after the ice cream
    that had been oh-so-randomly drawn on the white board.  Copyright
    issues immediately ruled out anything involving Mr Whippy, so
    we had to settle for <i>i-scream</i>. And thus, we were left
    with a cunning play on words - it still sounded like <i>ice
    cream</i>, yet also served as a functional description of our
    system - namely, one which screams at somebody if something has
    gone wrong...
  </p>

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4			<title>i-scream CMS homepage</title>
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8			<body>
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11
12			<div id="main">
13
14			<!--#include virtual="/header.inc" -->
15
16			<div id="contents">
17			<h1 class="top">i-scream CMS homepage</h1>
18
19			<div id="topnav">
20			<ul>
21			<li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
22			<li><a href="#screenshots">Screen Shots</a></li>
23			<li><a href="#demo">Reports Demo</a></li>
24			<li><a href="#downloads">Downloads</a></li>
25			<li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
26			<li><a href="#history">Project History</a></li>
27			</ul>
28			</div>
29
30			<h2><a name="overview">Overview</a></h2>
31			<p>
32			The i-scream central monitoring system provides a free, centrally
33			configurable distributed server to monitor the status and
34			performance of Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD and Windows machines
35			on a network. The server can raise alerts using email, IRC or
36			a large public information display. Information may also be
37			browsed interactively via the web or using our multi-platform
38			client.
39			</p>
40			<ul>
41	tdb	1.3	<li><a href="features.xhtml">Features</a></li>
42	tdb	1.1	</ul>
43			<p>
44			Follow the link above for the original problem specification
45			we were given to develop the i-scream CMS, and the feature set
46			of the CMS after it was finished.
47			</p>
48
49			<h2><a name="screenshots">Screen Shots</a></h2>
50			<ul>
51			<li><a href="screenshots/">Screen Shots</a></li>
52			</ul>
53			<p>
54			These screenshots were taken at the end of the project, and
55			therefore show the old build given below, and none of our new
56			features.
57			</p>
58
59			<h2><a name="demo">Reports Demo</a></h2>
60			<ul>
61			<li><a href="reports/">Demo</a></li>
62			</ul>
63			<p>
64			This is a demo of the web-based reports that the i-scream system
65			can do. It's taken from the old builds, so doesn't show any of
66			the new RRDTool based features.
67			</p>
68
69			<h2><a name="downloads">Downloads</a></h2>
70
71			<h3>Snapshot Builds</h3>
72			<ul>
73			<li><a href="http://snapshots.i-scream.org">Snapshots</a></li>
74			</ul>
75			<p>
76			Since the project was completed various changes have happened
77			in the CMS. These are undocumented, but fairly straightforward.
78			We'd strongly suggest you use this version of the CMS rather
79			than the builds from the end of the project.
80			</p>
81			<p>
82			We've done a fair amount of work on the graphing/database side
83			of the CMS, and fixed numerous bugs. Also, the new ihost/libstatgrab
84			combination requires the snapshot builds.
85			</p>
86
87			<h3>Old Builds (from project completion)</h3>
88			<ul>
89	tdb	1.2	<li><a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/cms/">Old Builds</a></li>
90	tdb	1.1	</ul>
91			<p>
92			These builds were completed at the end of the project itself.
93			They match with the documentation below, and work. But we've
94			done a fair amount of work since creating them.
95			</p>
96
97			<h2><a name="documentation">Documentation</a></h2>
98
99			<h3>Product documentation</h3>
100			<ul>
101			<li><a href="documentation/">Documentation</a></li>
102			</ul>
103			<p>
104			This documentation was written as the CMS project was completed.
105			It therefore applies to the downloads available from the time
106			the project finished. There will definately be descrepences
107			between this documentation and the snapshot builds.
108			</p>
109
110			<h3>Javadoc documentation</h3>
111			<ul>
112			<li><a href="javadoc/">Javadoc</a></li>
113			</ul>
114			<p>
115			Each component of the CMS written in java has fairly extensive
116			javadoc documentation that helps to explain the code and API's.
117			</p>
118
119			<h3>Process documentation</h3>
120			<ul>
121	tdb	1.3	<li><a href="minutes.xhtml">Meeting Minutes</a></li>
122			<li><a href="projectpapers.xhtml">Documentation</a></li>
123	tdb	1.1	</ul>
124			<p>
125			Various pieces of documentation were generated during the project
126			that were intended for internal use. They're not required reading
127			for running the CMS, but might be interesting if you're curious
128			about the project itself.
129			</p>
130
131			<h2><a name="history">Project History</a></h2>
132
133			<p>
134			The i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System started off
135			as a final year project for a group of <a
136			href="http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/"> Computer Science</a> students
137			at the <a href="http://www.kent.ac.uk/"> University of Kent</a>,
138			UK. The project was completed at 4pm on 29 March 2001. It
139			consisted of five lever-arch folders containing mostly source
140			code and documentation. The CVS repository was tagged to signify
141			this event, however.
142			</p>
143			<p>
144	tdb	1.3	As can be seen in our "<a href="features.xhtml">problem
145	tdb	1.1	domain</a>" document, the project was aimed at the UKC
146			Computer Science department, and as such we believed that a
147			demonstration to the "customer" was important. The
148			feedback from our demonstation was more positive than we had
149			anticipated. We believe that the system may now be of interest
150			to anybody who wishes to monitor a number of machines on their
151			network using a central configuration. The i-scream central
152			monitoring system is now being used by the UKC Computer Science
153			department, and their feedback is being used to further improve
154			the product.
155			</p>
156			<p>
157			The name <i>i-scream</i> arose from a meeting whereupon one
158			member of the development team felt a strange urge to draw an
159			ice cream on the discussion board. It later became apparent
160			that we had no name for our project (other than 'The Project').
161			It seemed only natural to name our project after the ice cream
162			that had been oh-so-randomly drawn on the white board. Copyright
163			issues immediately ruled out anything involving Mr Whippy, so
164			we had to settle for <i>i-scream</i>. And thus, we were left
165			with a cunning play on words - it still sounded like <i>ice
166			cream</i>, yet also served as a functional description of our
167			system - namely, one which screams at somebody if something has
168			gone wrong...
169			</p>
170
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