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2 <
3 < <head>
4 < <title>i-scream CMS homepage</title>
2 >  <head>
3 >    <title>
4 >      i-scream CMS homepage
5 >    </title>
6   <!--#include virtual="/style.inc" -->
7 < </head>
8 <
9 < <body>
10 <
10 < <div id="container">
11 <
12 < <div id="main">
13 <
7 >  </head>
8 >  <body>
9 >    <div id="container">
10 >      <div id="main">
11   <!--#include virtual="/header.inc" -->
12 <
13 < <div id="contents">
14 <  <h1 class="top">i-scream CMS homepage</h1>
15 <
16 <  <div id="topnav">
17 <    <ul>
18 <      <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
19 <      <li><a href="#screenshots">Screen Shots</a></li>
20 <      <li><a href="#demo">Reports Demo</a></li>
21 <      <li><a href="#downloads">Downloads</a></li>
22 <      <li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
23 <      <li><a href="#history">Project History</a></li>
24 <    </ul>
25 <  </div>
26 <
27 <  <h2><a name="overview">Overview</a></h2>
28 <  <p>
29 <     The i-scream central monitoring system provides a free, centrally
30 <     configurable distributed server to monitor the status and
31 <     performance of Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD and Windows machines
32 <     on a network. The server can raise alerts using email, IRC or
33 <     a large public information display. Information may also be
34 <     browsed interactively via the web or using our multi-platform
35 <     client.
36 <  </p>
37 <  <ul>
38 <    <li><a href="features.xhtml">Features</a></li>
39 <  </ul>
40 <  <p>
41 <    Follow the link above for the original problem specification
42 <    we were given to develop the i-scream CMS, and the feature set
43 <    of the CMS after it was finished.
44 <  </p>
45 <
46 <  <h2><a name="screenshots">Screen Shots</a></h2>
47 <  <ul>
48 <    <li><a href="screenshots/">Screen Shots</a></li>
49 <  </ul>
50 <  <p>
51 <    These screenshots were taken at the end of the project, and
52 <    therefore show the old build given below, and none of our new
53 <    features.
54 <  </p>
55 <
56 <  <h2><a name="demo">Reports Demo</a></h2>
57 <  <ul>
58 <    <li><a href="reports/">Demo</a></li>
59 <  </ul>
60 <  <p>
61 <    This is a demo of the web-based reports that the i-scream system
62 <    can do. It's taken from the old builds, so doesn't show any of
63 <    the new RRDTool based features.
64 <  </p>
65 <
66 <  <h2><a name="downloads">Downloads</a></h2>
67 <
68 <  <h3>Snapshot Builds</h3>
69 <  <ul>
70 <    <li><a href="http://snapshots.i-scream.org">Snapshots</a></li>
71 <  </ul>
72 <  <p>
73 <    Since the project was completed various changes have happened
74 <    in the CMS. These are undocumented, but fairly straightforward.
75 <    We'd strongly suggest you use this version of the CMS rather
76 <    than the builds from the end of the project.
77 <  </p>
78 <  <p>
79 <    We've done a fair amount of work on the graphing/database side
80 <    of the CMS, and fixed numerous bugs.  Also, the new ihost/libstatgrab
81 <    combination requires the snapshot builds.
82 <  </p>
83 <
84 <  <h3>Old Builds (from project completion)</h3>
85 <  <ul>
86 <    <li><a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/cms/">Old Builds</a></li>
87 <  </ul>
88 <  <p>
89 <    These builds were completed at the end of the project itself.
90 <    They match with the documentation below, and work. But we've
91 <    done a fair amount of work since creating them.
92 <  </p>
93 <
94 <  <h2><a name="documentation">Documentation</a></h2>
95 <
96 <  <h3>Product documentation</h3>
97 <  <ul>
98 <    <li><a href="documentation/">Documentation</a></li>
99 <  </ul>
100 <  <p>
101 <    This documentation was written as the CMS project was completed.
102 <    It therefore applies to the downloads available from the time
103 <    the project finished. There will definately be descrepences
104 <    between this documentation and the snapshot builds.
105 <  </p>
106 <
107 <  <h3>Javadoc documentation</h3>
108 <  <ul>
109 <    <li><a href="javadoc/">Javadoc</a></li>
110 <  </ul>
111 <  <p>
112 <    Each component of the CMS written in java has fairly extensive
113 <    javadoc documentation that helps to explain the code and API's.
114 <  </p>
115 <
116 <  <h3>Process documentation</h3>
117 <  <ul>
118 <    <li><a href="minutes.xhtml">Meeting Minutes</a></li>
119 <    <li><a href="projectpapers.xhtml">Documentation</a></li>
120 <  </ul>
121 <  <p>
122 <    Various pieces of documentation were generated during the project
123 <    that were intended for internal use. They're not required reading
124 <    for running the CMS, but might be interesting if you're curious
125 <    about the project itself.
126 <  </p>
127 <
128 <  <h2><a name="history">Project History</a></h2>
129 <
130 <  <p>
131 <    The i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System started off
132 <    as a final year project for a group of <a
133 <    href="http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/"> Computer Science</a> students
134 <    at the <a href="http://www.kent.ac.uk/"> University of Kent</a>,
135 <    UK. The project was completed at 4pm on 29 March 2001. It
136 <    consisted of five lever-arch folders containing mostly source
137 <    code and documentation. The CVS repository was tagged to signify
138 <    this event, however.
139 <  </p>
140 <  <p>
141 <    As can be seen in our &quot;<a href="features.xhtml">problem
142 <    domain</a>&quot; document, the project was aimed at the UKC
143 <    Computer Science department, and as such we believed that a
144 <    demonstration to the &quot;customer&quot; was important. The
145 <    feedback from our demonstation was more positive than we had
146 <    anticipated. We believe that the system may now be of interest
147 <    to anybody who wishes to monitor a number of machines on their
148 <    network using a central configuration. The i-scream central
149 <    monitoring system is now being used by the UKC Computer Science
150 <    department, and their feedback is being used to further improve
151 <    the product.
152 <  </p>
153 <  <p>
154 <    The name <i>i-scream</i> arose from a meeting whereupon one
155 <    member of the development team felt a strange urge to draw an
156 <    ice cream on the discussion board.  It later became apparent
157 <    that we had no name for our project (other than 'The Project').
158 <    It seemed only natural to name our project after the ice cream
159 <    that had been oh-so-randomly drawn on the white board.  Copyright
160 <    issues immediately ruled out anything involving Mr Whippy, so
161 <    we had to settle for <i>i-scream</i>. And thus, we were left
162 <    with a cunning play on words - it still sounded like <i>ice
163 <    cream</i>, yet also served as a functional description of our
164 <    system - namely, one which screams at somebody if something has
165 <    gone wrong...
166 <  </p>
167 <
168 < </div>
169 <
12 >        <div id="contents">
13 >          <h1 class="top">
14 >            i-scream CMS homepage
15 >          </h1>
16 >          <div id="topnav">
17 >            <ul>
18 >              <li>
19 >                <a href="#overview">Overview</a>
20 >              </li>
21 >              <li>
22 >                <a href="#screenshots">Screen Shots</a>
23 >              </li>
24 >              <li>
25 >                <a href="#demo">Reports Demo</a>
26 >              </li>
27 >              <li>
28 >                <a href="#downloads">Downloads</a>
29 >              </li>
30 >              <li>
31 >                <a href="#documentation">Documentation</a>
32 >              </li>
33 >              <li>
34 >                <a href="#history">Project History</a>
35 >              </li>
36 >            </ul>
37 >          </div>
38 >          <h2>
39 >            <a id="overview">Overview</a>
40 >          </h2>
41 >          <p>
42 >            The i-scream central monitoring system provides a free,
43 >            centrally configurable distributed server to monitor the
44 >            status and performance of Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD and
45 >            Windows machines on a network. The server can raise alerts
46 >            using email, IRC or a large public information display.
47 >            Information may also be browsed interactively via the web
48 >            or using our multi-platform client.
49 >          </p>
50 >          <ul>
51 >            <li>
52 >              <a href="features.xhtml">Features</a>
53 >            </li>
54 >          </ul>
55 >          <p>
56 >            Follow the link above for the original problem
57 >            specification we were given to develop the i-scream CMS,
58 >            and the feature set of the CMS after it was finished.
59 >          </p>
60 >          <h2>
61 >            <a id="screenshots">Screen Shots</a>
62 >          </h2>
63 >          <ul>
64 >            <li>
65 >              <a href="screenshots/">Screen Shots</a>
66 >            </li>
67 >          </ul>
68 >          <p>
69 >            These screenshots were taken at the end of the project, and
70 >            therefore show the old build given below, and none of our
71 >            new features.
72 >          </p>
73 >          <h2>
74 >            <a id="demo">Reports Demo</a>
75 >          </h2>
76 >          <ul>
77 >            <li>
78 >              <a href="reports/">Demo</a>
79 >            </li>
80 >          </ul>
81 >          <p>
82 >            This is a demo of the web-based reports that the i-scream
83 >            system can do. It's taken from the old builds, so doesn't
84 >            show any of the new RRDTool based features.
85 >          </p>
86 >          <h2>
87 >            <a id="downloads">Downloads</a>
88 >          </h2>
89 >          <h3>
90 >            Snapshot Builds
91 >          </h3>
92 >          <ul>
93 >            <li>
94 >              <a href="http://snapshots.i-scream.org">Snapshots</a>
95 >            </li>
96 >          </ul>
97 >          <p>
98 >            Since the project was completed various changes have
99 >            happened in the CMS. These are undocumented, but fairly
100 >            straightforward. We'd strongly suggest you use this version
101 >            of the CMS rather than the builds from the end of the
102 >            project.
103 >          </p>
104 >          <p>
105 >            We've done a fair amount of work on the graphing/database
106 >            side of the CMS, and fixed numerous bugs. Also, the new
107 >            ihost/libstatgrab combination requires the snapshot builds.
108 >          </p>
109 >          <h3>
110 >            Old Builds (from project completion)
111 >          </h3>
112 >          <ul>
113 >            <li>
114 >              <a href="http://ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/cms/">
115 >              Old Builds</a>
116 >            </li>
117 >          </ul>
118 >          <p>
119 >            These builds were completed at the end of the project
120 >            itself. They match with the documentation below, and work.
121 >            But we've done a fair amount of work since creating them.
122 >          </p>
123 >          <h2>
124 >            <a id="documentation">Documentation</a>
125 >          </h2>
126 >          <h3>
127 >            Product documentation
128 >          </h3>
129 >          <ul>
130 >            <li>
131 >              <a href="documentation/">Documentation</a>
132 >            </li>
133 >          </ul>
134 >          <p>
135 >            This documentation was written as the CMS project was
136 >            completed. It therefore applies to the downloads available
137 >            from the time the project finished. There will definately
138 >            be descrepencies between this documentation and the snapshot
139 >            builds.
140 >          </p>
141 >          <h3>
142 >            Javadoc documentation
143 >          </h3>
144 >          <ul>
145 >            <li>
146 >              <a href="javadoc/">Javadoc</a>
147 >            </li>
148 >          </ul>
149 >          <p>
150 >            Each component of the CMS written in java has fairly
151 >            extensive javadoc documentation that helps to explain the
152 >            code and API's.
153 >          </p>
154 >          <h3>
155 >            Process documentation
156 >          </h3>
157 >          <ul>
158 >            <li>
159 >              <a href="minutes.xhtml">Meeting Minutes</a>
160 >            </li>
161 >            <li>
162 >              <a href="projectpapers.xhtml">Documentation</a>
163 >            </li>
164 >          </ul>
165 >          <p>
166 >            Various pieces of documentation were generated during the
167 >            project that were intended for internal use. They're not
168 >            required reading for running the CMS, but might be
169 >            interesting if you're curious about the project itself.
170 >          </p>
171 >          <h2>
172 >            <a id="history">Project History</a>
173 >          </h2>
174 >          <p>
175 >            The i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System
176 >            started off as a final year project for a group of
177 >            <a href="http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/">Computer Science</a>
178 >            students at the <a href="http://www.kent.ac.uk/">University
179 >            of Kent</a>, UK. The project was completed at 4pm on
180 >            29 March 2001. It consisted of five lever-arch folders
181 >            containing mostly source code and documentation. The
182 >            CVS repository was tagged to signify this event, however.
183 >          </p>
184 >          <p>
185 >            As can be seen in our "<a href="features.xhtml">problem
186 >            domain</a>" document, the project was aimed at the UKC
187 >            Computer Science department, and as such we believed that a
188 >            demonstration to the "customer" was important. The feedback
189 >            from our demonstation was more positive than we had
190 >            anticipated. We believe that the system may now be of
191 >            interest to anybody who wishes to monitor a number of
192 >            machines on their network using a central configuration.
193 >            The i-scream central monitoring system is now being used by
194 >            the UKC Computer Science department, and their feedback is
195 >            being used to further improve the product.
196 >          </p>
197 >          <p>
198 >            The name <i>i-scream</i> arose from a meeting whereupon one
199 >            member of the development team felt a strange urge to draw
200 >            an ice cream on the discussion board. It later became
201 >            apparent that we had no name for our project (other than
202 >            'The Project'). It seemed only natural to name our project
203 >            after the ice cream that had been oh-so-randomly drawn on
204 >            the white board. Copyright issues immediately ruled out
205 >            anything involving Mr Whippy, so we had to settle for
206 >            <i>i-scream</i>. And thus, we were left with a cunning play
207 >            on words - it still sounded like <i>ice cream</i>, yet also
208 >            served as a functional description of our system - namely,
209 >            one which screams at somebody if something has gone
210 >            wrong...
211 >          </p>
212 >        </div>
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