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            CMS Screen Shots
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          <h2>
            i-scream screenshots
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          <p>
            This page provides a sequence of screenshots to help you to
            gain a better understanding of the i-scream distributed
            central monitoring system and how it may be applied in
            networked environments. Click on the thumbnails to
            view the full size screenshots.
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Reports Centre (Web)</b><br />
            The i-scream reports centre provides a central access point
            to all web-based reports that are provided by the i-scream
            system. Reports are available to display information
            about the current status of an individual machine and any
            alerts pertaining to either an individual machine, or a
            summary of alerts for all machines. Historical
            information about monitored machines may also be accessed
            from this point.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="reports-main.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-reports-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="77" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Latest Information (Web)</b><br />
            Here we are viewing the latest information provided by a
            host. Bars are used to represent values such as disk
            space and free memory as this makes it easier to spot casual
            problems. The small graph icons link to historical
            reports of each field for the previous day. The choice
            of fields to display on this page is stored in a separate
            configuration file.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="reports-raptor-latest-misc.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-latest-misc.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="104" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Conient (Multiplatform real-time client)</b><br />
            Conient is a real-time client
            that can hook into an i-scream server to allow the user to
            view host information as it passes through the server.
            The client displays information provided by the hosts as well
            as the results of service checks performed by the server on
            each host (eg FTP, Telnet, etc). Conient is written in
            Java and can thus be run on most operating systems.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="conient-main.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-conient-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="110" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Conient (Viewing extra data)</b><br />
            Less important host information may be viewed in a seperate
            window to avoid clutter in Conient's display. Details
            of the protocol for host-to-server communications are freely
            available to developers. The protocol itself is
            extensible and client programs such as Conient display even
            unrecognised data from modified host programs.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="conient-platform-info.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-conient-platform-info.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="59" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Conient (Configuration)</b><br />
            Conient is fully configurable from within the program
            itself. Multiple configurations may be saved.
            Conient can also be configured to connect to a server through
            a firewall via an SSH tunnel or suchlike.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="conient-config.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-conient-config.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="48" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>ihost (Unix/Linux host)</b><br />
            The ihost is currently the main Unix/Linux/FreeBSD host
            application for i-scream. ihost is centrally configured
            by the server it connects to and periodically sends
            information about the machine on which it is running.
            The ihost is written in Perl, so can be easily altered to
            send extra information to your i-scream server.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="ihost-main.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-ihost-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="51" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>WinHost (Windows host)</b><br />
            The WinHost is similar in concept to the ihost, however, this
            one runs on Windows NT/2000 servers. Again, the
            configuration is dynamically obtained from the server.
            The WinHost is typically only present in the Windows system
            tray. Double clicking on the system tray icon will
            bring up a small window that allows data to be viewed and to
            force reconfiguration with the server.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="winhost-main.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-winhost-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="62" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Alerts (Email)</b><br />
            The i-scream server includes many alerting mechanisms.
            Simple email alerts may be sent out if desired. Alert
            levels and frequencies may be configured for the
            server. This screenshot shows the format of a typical
            alert; the contents of which are of course configurable.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="alerter-email.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-alerter-email.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="74" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Alerts (IRC bot)</b><br />
            Another i-scream alerter comes in the form of an interactive
            IRC bot. This may reside in an IRC (Internet relay
            chat) channel and broadcasts alerts if told to do so.
            This screenshot shows a typical interaction with a user in
            the "Bersirc" IRC client.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="alerter-irc.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-alerter-irc.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="95" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Alerts (Web page)</b><br />
            Individual alerts and a summary of all alerts raised by the
            i-scream server may be viewed on the alerts web pages.
            These show the different levels of alerts in configurable
            colours and provides specific details about the alerts being
            raised for each machine.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="reports-alerts-all.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-reports-alerts-all.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="96" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Alerts (Public helpdesk display)</b><br />
            The reports centre also
            provides a page that may be useful in configuring
            non-interactive public displays of alerts. These
            displays automatically refresh the page periodically and
            supported web browsers may also automatically scroll the page
            to allow a large font to be employed for easier reading from
            a distance.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="reports-public-autoscroll.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-reports-public-autoscroll.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="78" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Conient (Server queue monitoring)</b><br />
            The Conient client may also be used to
            monitor information about the i-scream server itself.
            Here we are viewing the status of the internal queues within
            the server. This shows that the server is performing
            healthily and that there are no bottlenecks.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="conient-queues.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-conient-queues.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="159" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Historical reports (Web)</b><br />
            Historical information is collated by the
            i-scream server into (typically) a MySQL database. A
            separate program is used to produce the historical web
            reports These may be browsed via this web-based interface
            (see screenshot). The reports to be generated for each
            machine and the size of the page are of course configurable.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="reports-raptor-load15.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-load15.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="107" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>Historical reports (Metadata)</b><br />
            The historical report generation also
            produces a number of other files that may be useful for third
            party analysis tools. The chart itself is written as a
            GIF image, as well as a small file suitable for including on
            PHP pages that specifies the minimum and maximum values
            during the 24 hour period. A file containing the raw
            plot data is also produced to enable the use of third party
            on-the-fly plotting tools.
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="reports-raptor-users.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-users.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="96" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <b>The i-scream server</b><br />
            The server is distributed and may therefore have multiple
            points of data entry and run on more than one machine.
            This helps to reduce the amount of host traffic over large
            networks and reduces potential bottlenecks. The server
            is written in Java to allow it to run on most operating
            systems. This exciting screenshot shows the i-scream
            server running ;-)
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="server-main.gif">
              <img src="thumbnail-server-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="100" />
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12			<h1 class="top">
13			CMS Screen Shots
14			</h1>
15			<h2>
16			i-scream screenshots
17			</h2>
18			<p>
19			This page provides a sequence of screenshots to help you to
20			gain a better understanding of the i-scream distributed
21			central monitoring system and how it may be applied in
22			networked environments. Click on the thumbnails to
23			view the full size screenshots.
24			</p>
25			<p>
26			<b>Reports Centre (Web)</b><br />
27			The i-scream reports centre provides a central access point
28			to all web-based reports that are provided by the i-scream
29			system. Reports are available to display information
30			about the current status of an individual machine and any
31			alerts pertaining to either an individual machine, or a
32			summary of alerts for all machines. Historical
33			information about monitored machines may also be accessed
34			from this point.
35			</p>
36			<p>
37			<a href="reports-main.gif">
38			<img src="thumbnail-reports-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="77" />
39			</a>
40			</p>
41			<p>
42			<b>Latest Information (Web)</b><br />
43			Here we are viewing the latest information provided by a
44			host. Bars are used to represent values such as disk
45			space and free memory as this makes it easier to spot casual
46			problems. The small graph icons link to historical
47			reports of each field for the previous day. The choice
48			of fields to display on this page is stored in a separate
49			configuration file.
50			</p>
51			<p>
52			<a href="reports-raptor-latest-misc.gif">
53			<img src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-latest-misc.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="104" />
54			</a>
55			</p>
56			<p>
57			<b>Conient (Multiplatform real-time client)</b><br />
58			Conient is a real-time client
59			that can hook into an i-scream server to allow the user to
60			view host information as it passes through the server.
61			The client displays information provided by the hosts as well
62			as the results of service checks performed by the server on
63			each host (eg FTP, Telnet, etc). Conient is written in
64			Java and can thus be run on most operating systems.
65			</p>
66			<p>
67			<a href="conient-main.gif">
68			<img src="thumbnail-conient-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="110" />
69			</a>
70			</p>
71			<p>
72			<b>Conient (Viewing extra data)</b><br />
73			Less important host information may be viewed in a seperate
74			window to avoid clutter in Conient's display. Details
75			of the protocol for host-to-server communications are freely
76			available to developers. The protocol itself is
77			extensible and client programs such as Conient display even
78			unrecognised data from modified host programs.
79			</p>
80			<p>
81			<a href="conient-platform-info.gif">
82			<img src="thumbnail-conient-platform-info.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="59" />
83			</a>
84			</p>
85			<p>
86			<b>Conient (Configuration)</b><br />
87			Conient is fully configurable from within the program
88			itself. Multiple configurations may be saved.
89			Conient can also be configured to connect to a server through
90			a firewall via an SSH tunnel or suchlike.
91			</p>
92			<p>
93			<a href="conient-config.gif">
94			<img src="thumbnail-conient-config.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="48" />
95			</a>
96			</p>
97			<p>
98			<b>ihost (Unix/Linux host)</b><br />
99			The ihost is currently the main Unix/Linux/FreeBSD host
100			application for i-scream. ihost is centrally configured
101			by the server it connects to and periodically sends
102			information about the machine on which it is running.
103			The ihost is written in Perl, so can be easily altered to
104			send extra information to your i-scream server.
105			</p>
106			<p>
107			<a href="ihost-main.gif">
108			<img src="thumbnail-ihost-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="51" />
109			</a>
110			</p>
111			<p>
112			<b>WinHost (Windows host)</b><br />
113			The WinHost is similar in concept to the ihost, however, this
114			one runs on Windows NT/2000 servers. Again, the
115			configuration is dynamically obtained from the server.
116			The WinHost is typically only present in the Windows system
117			tray. Double clicking on the system tray icon will
118			bring up a small window that allows data to be viewed and to
119			force reconfiguration with the server.
120			</p>
121			<p>
122			<a href="winhost-main.gif">
123			<img src="thumbnail-winhost-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="62" />
124			</a>
125			</p>
126			<p>
127			<b>Alerts (Email)</b><br />
128			The i-scream server includes many alerting mechanisms.
129			Simple email alerts may be sent out if desired. Alert
130			levels and frequencies may be configured for the
131			server. This screenshot shows the format of a typical
132			alert; the contents of which are of course configurable.
133			</p>
134			<p>
135			<a href="alerter-email.gif">
136			<img src="thumbnail-alerter-email.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="74" />
137			</a>
138			</p>
139			<p>
140			<b>Alerts (IRC bot)</b><br />
141			Another i-scream alerter comes in the form of an interactive
142			IRC bot. This may reside in an IRC (Internet relay
143			chat) channel and broadcasts alerts if told to do so.
144			This screenshot shows a typical interaction with a user in
145			the "Bersirc" IRC client.
146			</p>
147			<p>
148			<a href="alerter-irc.gif">
149			<img src="thumbnail-alerter-irc.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="95" />
150			</a>
151			</p>
152			<p>
153			<b>Alerts (Web page)</b><br />
154			Individual alerts and a summary of all alerts raised by the
155			i-scream server may be viewed on the alerts web pages.
156			These show the different levels of alerts in configurable
157			colours and provides specific details about the alerts being
158			raised for each machine.
159			</p>
160			<p>
161			<a href="reports-alerts-all.gif">
162			<img src="thumbnail-reports-alerts-all.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="96" />
163			</a>
164			</p>
165			<p>
166			<b>Alerts (Public helpdesk display)</b><br />
167			The reports centre also
168			provides a page that may be useful in configuring
169			non-interactive public displays of alerts. These
170			displays automatically refresh the page periodically and
171			supported web browsers may also automatically scroll the page
172			to allow a large font to be employed for easier reading from
173			a distance.
174			</p>
175			<p>
176			<a href="reports-public-autoscroll.gif">
177			<img src="thumbnail-reports-public-autoscroll.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="78" />
178			</a>
179			</p>
180			<p>
181			<b>Conient (Server queue monitoring)</b><br />
182			The Conient client may also be used to
183			monitor information about the i-scream server itself.
184			Here we are viewing the status of the internal queues within
185			the server. This shows that the server is performing
186			healthily and that there are no bottlenecks.
187			</p>
188			<p>
189			<a href="conient-queues.gif">
190			<img src="thumbnail-conient-queues.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="159" />
191			</a>
192			</p>
193			<p>
194			<b>Historical reports (Web)</b><br />
195			Historical information is collated by the
196			i-scream server into (typically) a MySQL database. A
197			separate program is used to produce the historical web
198			reports These may be browsed via this web-based interface
199			(see screenshot). The reports to be generated for each
200			machine and the size of the page are of course configurable.
201			</p>
202			<p>
203			<a href="reports-raptor-load15.gif">
204			<img src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-load15.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="107" />
205			</a>
206			</p>
207			<p>
208			<b>Historical reports (Metadata)</b><br />
209			The historical report generation also
210			produces a number of other files that may be useful for third
211			party analysis tools. The chart itself is written as a
212			GIF image, as well as a small file suitable for including on
213			PHP pages that specifies the minimum and maximum values
214			during the 24 hour period. A file containing the raw
215			plot data is also produced to enable the use of third party
216			on-the-fly plotting tools.
217			</p>
218			<p>
219			<a href="reports-raptor-users.gif">
220			<img src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-users.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="96" />
221			</a>
222			</p>
223			<p>
224			<b>The i-scream server</b><br />
225			The server is distributed and may therefore have multiple
226			points of data entry and run on more than one machine.
227			This helps to reduce the amount of host traffic over large
228			networks and reduces potential bottlenecks. The server
229			is written in Java to allow it to run on most operating
230			systems. This exciting screenshot shows the i-scream
231			server running ;-)
232			</p>
233			<p>
234			<a href="server-main.gif">
235			<img src="thumbnail-server-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="100" />
236			</a>
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