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<h1 class="top">CMS Screen Shots</h1> |
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<h2 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#000066">i-scream |
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screenshots</font></h2> |
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<h3 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#000066">(or the two minute |
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tour)</font></h3> |
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">This page provides a sequence of |
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screenshots to help you to gain a better understanding of the i-scream |
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distributed central monitoring system and how it may be applied in |
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networked environments. Click on the thumbnails to view the full |
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size screenshots.</font></p> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="reports-main.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-reports-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="77"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><font color="#000066"><font face="Arial"><b>Reports Centre</b></font><b><font face="Arial"> |
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(Web)</font></b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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The i-scream reports centre provides a central access point to all |
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web-based reports that are provided by the i-scream system. Reports |
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are available to display information about the current status of an |
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individual machine and any alerts pertaining to either an individual |
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machine, or a summary of alerts for all machines. Historical |
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information about monitored machines may also be accessed from this point.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="reports-raptor-latest-misc.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-latest-misc.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="104"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Latest Information |
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(Web)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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Here we are viewing the latest information provided by a host. Bars |
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are used to represent values such as disk space and free memory as this |
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makes it easier to spot casual problems. The small graph icons link |
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to historical reports of each field for the previous day. The choice |
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of fields to display on this page is stored in a separate configuration |
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file.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="conient-main.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-conient-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="110"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#000066">Conient (Multiplatform |
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real-time client)</font><br> |
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</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">Conient is a real-time client that |
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can hook into an i-scream server to allow the user to view host |
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information as it passes through the server. The client displays |
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information provided by the hosts as well as the results of service checks |
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performed by the server on each host (eg FTP, Telnet, etc). Conient |
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is written in Java and can thus be run on most operating systems.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="conient-platform-info.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-conient-platform-info.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="59"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient (Viewing |
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extra data)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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Less important host information may be viewed in a seperate window to |
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avoid clutter in Conient's display. Details of the protocol for |
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host-to-server communications are freely available to developers. |
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The protocol itself is extensible and client programs such as Conient |
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display even unrecognised data from modified host programs.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="conient-config.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-conient-config.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="48"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient |
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(Configuration)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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Conient is fully configurable from within the program itself. |
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Multiple configurations may be saved. Conient can also be configured |
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to connect to a server through a firewall via an SSH tunnel or suchlike.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="ihost-main.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-ihost-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="51"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">ihost (Unix/Linux |
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host)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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The ihost is currently the main Unix/Linux/FreeBSD host application for |
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i-scream. ihost is centrally configured by the server it connects to |
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and periodically sends information about the machine on which it is |
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running. The ihost is written in Perl, so can be easily altered to |
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send extra information to your i-scream server.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="winhost-main.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-winhost-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="62"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">WinHost (Windows |
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host)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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The WinHost is similar in concept to the ihost, however, this one runs on |
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Windows NT/2000 servers. Again, the configuration is dynamically |
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obtained from the server. The WinHost is typically only present in |
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the Windows system tray. Double clicking on the system tray icon |
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will bring up a small window that allows data to be viewed and to force |
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reconfiguration with the server.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="alerter-email.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-alerter-email.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="74"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Email)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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The i-scream server includes many alerting mechanisms. Simple email |
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alerts may be sent out if desired. Alert levels and frequencies may |
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be configured for the server. This screenshot shows the format of a |
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typical alert; the contents of which are of course configurable.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="alerter-irc.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-alerter-irc.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="95"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (IRC bot)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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Another i-scream alerter comes in the form of an interactive IRC bot. |
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This may reside in an IRC (Internet relay chat) channel and broadcasts |
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alerts if told to do so. This screenshot shows a typical interaction |
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with a user in the "Bersirc" IRC client.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="reports-alerts-all.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-reports-alerts-all.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="96"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Web page)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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Individual alerts and a summary of all alerts raised by the i-scream |
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server may be viewed on the alerts web pages. These show the |
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different levels of alerts in configurable colours and provides specific |
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details about the alerts being raised for each machine.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="reports-public-autoscroll.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-reports-public-autoscroll.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="78"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Public |
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helpdesk display)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The reports centre also provides a |
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page that may be useful in configuring non-interactive public displays of |
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alerts. These displays automatically refresh the page periodically |
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and supported web browsers may also automatically scroll the page to allow |
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a large font to be employed for easier reading from a distance.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="conient-queues.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-conient-queues.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="159"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient (Server queue |
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monitoring)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The Conient client may also be used |
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to monitor information about the i-scream server itself. Here we are |
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viewing the status of the internal queues within the server. This |
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shows that the server is performing healthily and that there are no |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Historical reports |
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(Web)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">Historical information is collated |
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by the i-scream server into (typically) a MySQL database. A separate |
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program is used to produce the historical web reports These may be browsed |
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via this web-based interface (see screenshot). The reports to be |
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generated for each machine and the size of the page are of course |
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configurable.</font> |
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<td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="reports-raptor-users.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-users.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="96"></a></font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Historical reports |
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(Metadata)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The historical report generation |
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also produces a number of other files that may be useful for third party |
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analysis tools. The chart itself is written as a GIF image, as well |
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as a small file suitable for including on PHP pages that specifies the |
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minimum and maximum values during the 24 hour period. A file |
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containing the raw plot data is also produced to enable the use of third |
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party on-the-fly plotting tools.</font> |
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<td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">The i-scream server</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> |
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</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The server is distributed and may |
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therefore have multiple points of data entry and run on more than one |
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machine. This helps to reduce the amount of host traffic over large |
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networks and reduces potential bottlenecks. The server is written in |
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Java to allow it to run on most operating systems. This exciting |
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screenshot shows the i-scream server running ;-)</font> |
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