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3 <    contents.inc
4 <    Created by pjm2 14/10/2000
5 <    Last edited 16/01/2001
3 >    $Author$
4 >    $Id$
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6  
7      <table border="0" width="500">
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9        <td>
10         <font size="2" face="arial,sans-serif">
11        
12 <       <center><h3>Current Status</h3></center>
12 >       <center><h3>Project News</h3></center>
13 >      
14 >       <p align="justify">
15 >        <b>Saturday 1 June 2002</b><br><br>
16 >        Work has now been finished on a new ihost written in C. This has
17 >        been in the pipeline for a long time, and we're glad to finally
18 >        see an efficient native host! Credit goes to our new developer
19 >        <a href="/who.shtml">Pete</a>. Until we update the downloads
20 >        pages you can download the new ihost
21 >        <a href="http://ukc.i-scream.org.uk/snapshots/ihost-1.0rc1.tar.gz">
22 >        here</a>.
23 >       </p>
24  
25         <p align="justify">
26 <        <img src="screenshots/thumbnail-winhost-main.gif" width="100" height="62" align="left">
27 <        All i-scream components now function to initial
28 <        design parameters and our system is regarded to be complete.
29 <        <b><a href="worddocs/">Documentation</a></b> is available to assist third party programmers
30 <        in producing Hosts for use with the i-scream server.
31 <        Our progress during the project can be found in the meeting minutes.
32 <        Code is viewable via <a href="http://raptor.ukc.ac.uk/~tdb1/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi">CVS</a> to local users users only.
26 >        <b>Tuesday 21 May 2002</b><br><br>
27 >        We've finally put the finishing touches to the new
28 >        <a href="http://rrdtool.eu.org">RRDtool</a> based graphing system.
29 >        It's working well, and has done away with the MySQL database
30 >        backend which took up far too many resources. This new system
31 >        generates the graphs in a more realtime nature, allowing more
32 >        flexible graphs to be generated. This is currently only available
33 >        through <a href="http://www.i-scream.org.uk/cgi-bin/cvs/viewcvs.cgi/cms/source/reports/rrdgraphing/">
34 >        CVS</a>.
35         </p>
36  
37         <p align="justify">
38 <        <img src="screenshots/thumbnail-reports-raptor-load15.gif" width="100" height="107" align="right">
39 <        The i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System <a href="http://raptor.ukc.ac.uk/~pjm2/reports">Reports</a>
40 <        are now visible on the web.  If you are <b>not</b> a local user, then you may
41 <        view some of the output in the <b><a href="screenshots/">screenshots</a></b> section.
30 <        You may view the latest information about each machine, historical 24-hour
31 <        reports and alerts for each machine.  Our own i-scream server is running constantly,
32 <        along with several hosts to enable plenty of data harvesting.  If you would
33 <        like your i-scream web reports to be linked from this site, then please email us
34 <        at <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org.uk">dev@i-scream.org.uk</a>
38 >        <b>Saturday 18 May 2002</b><br><br>
39 >        The i-scream central monitoring system is now <a href="/license.shtml">
40 >        licensed</a> under the GNU Public License. We are currently working
41 >        to make full downloads, including source, available on this site.
42         </p>
43  
44         <p align="justify">
45 <        <img src="screenshots/thumbnail-conient-main.gif" width="100" height="107" align="left">
46 <        Our current host development allows us to pass machine statistics
47 <        to our distributed filter arrangement, which then processes the
48 <        data and stores it for later use.  An example of such use is the
49 <        historical report generator which produces graphs of machine
50 <        usage over periods of time.  A real-time
44 <        client is also available (Conient) and alert information can be
45 <        displayed to the public via dynamic web pages.
45 >        <b>Thursday 7 Feb 2002</b><br><br>
46 >        The alerting section of the i-scream central monitoring system
47 >        now makes full use of an externally developed IRC bot for it's IRC
48 >        connectivity. To find out more about this IRC bot, please visit
49 >        the author's website at <a href="http://www.jibble.org">
50 >        http://www.jibble.org</a>.
51         </p>
52        
53         <p align="justify">
54 <        <img src="screenshots/thumbnail-alerter-email.gif" width="100" height="107" align="right">
55 <        The latest builds of the i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System
56 <        are now available for <b><a href="/downloads/">download</a></b> from this
57 <        website.  To assist in our addition of features to the system, we
58 <        would be extremely grateful to receive feedback from anybody who has
59 <        any comments about the system.  You may email the development team
55 <        at <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org.uk">dev@i-scream.org.uk</a>
54 >        <b>Tuesday 8 Jan 2002</b><br><br>
55 >        Java ACL (Access Control List) code has been added to the util
56 >        package of the i-scream server. This code will ultimately allow
57 >        the server to be more secure when exposed to the Internet. More
58 >        details can be found <a href="http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk/people/staff/tdb/#acl">
59 >        here</a> on the author's website.
60         </p>
61 +      
62 +       <p>&nbsp;</p>
63 +       <center><h3>About i-scream</h3></center>
64 +      
65 +       <p align="justify">
66 +        <a href="screenshots/"><img border="0" src="screenshots/thumbnail-alerter-email.gif" width="100" height="107" align="left"></a>
67 +        Details of the i-scream central monitoring system can be found
68 +        on the <b><a href="features.shtml">features and overview</a></b> page.
69 +        A variety of <b><a href="screenshots">screen shots</a></b> from the
70 +        system show some of the key features in use. The <b><a href="reports">reports demo</a></b>
71 +        page provides a static example of what the i-scream reports (alerts,
72 +        historical graphs, and live data) could look like on a production system.
73 +       </p>
74 +      
75 +       <p align="justify">
76 +        <a href="screenshots/"><img border="0" src="screenshots/thumbnail-conient-main.gif" width="100" height="107" align="right"></a>
77 +        The latest source code is available in the <b><a href="cvs.shtml">CVS</a></b>
78 +        repository, with binary downloads on the downloads page. The
79 +        <b><a href="documentation">documentation</a></b> page has details of
80 +        installation, use and maintenance for the end user and developer.
81 +        We value feedback and comments from you, so please drop us an e-mail
82 +        to <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org.uk">dev@i-scream.org.uk</a>.
83 +       </p>
84 +      
85 +       <p>&nbsp;</p>
86 +       <center><h3>Current Work</h3></center>
87 +      
88 +       <p align="justify">
89 +        <b>Extending monitoring facilites</b><br><br>
90 +        <a href="screenshots/"><img border="0" src="screenshots/thumbnail-reports-raptor-load15.gif" width="100" height="107" align="left"></a>
91 +        Work is continuing, in conjunction with the new ihost, to extend
92 +        the range of i-scream's monitoring. Currently we are adding new
93 +        features to more accurately monitoring memory and swap usage,
94 +        along with more disk statistics. We are also planning to improve
95 +        the rather basic service monitors which are currently in place.
96 +        There are also many more subtle changes that need to be made to
97 +        improve the reliability and usefulness of i-scream's monitoring.
98 +       </p>
99  
100 +       <p align="justify">
101 +        <b>Server security</b><br><br>
102 +        Security was something mostly overlooked in the original stage
103 +        of this project (due to the academic nature of the work). However,
104 +        once in production use this has become an issue, and is being
105 +        addressed. Initially the plan is to lock down the external points
106 +        of access (TCP & UDP) in the server to specific hosts. In the
107 +        longer term, encryption of data would be nice, but would take a
108 +        lot more time and work.
109 +       </p>
110 +      
111 +       <p align="justify">
112 +        <b>Testing and Development</b><br><br>
113 +        <a href="screenshots/"><img border="0" src="screenshots/thumbnail-winhost-main.gif" width="100" height="62" align="right"></a>
114 +        The i-scream system is being tested and developed within the
115 +        Univeristy of Kent Computer Science department by the Systems
116 +        Group. This has led to many bug fixes and minor feature
117 +        enhancements, and will hopefully help to aid the long term
118 +        development of the system.
119 +       </p>
120 +      
121         <p>&nbsp;</p>
122 <       <center><h3>Project Completion</h3></center>
122 >       <center><h3>Project History</h3></center>
123  
124         <p align="justify">
125 <        <img src="screenshots/thumbnail-reports-raptor-latest-misc.gif" width="100" height="104" align="left">
125 >        <a href="screenshots/"><img border="0" src="screenshots/thumbnail-reports-raptor-latest-misc.gif" width="100" height="104" align="left"></a>
126          The i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System started off as
127 <        a final year project for a group of <a href="http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk">Computer Science</a> students at
128 <        the <a href="http://www.ukc.ac.uk">University of Kent at Canterbury</a>, UK.
129 <        The project deadline was 4pm on 29th March 2001.  Most of the group
130 <        met very early that morning to compile the project into five
131 <        lever arch folders.  The project, consisting of source code, user,
132 <        maintenance and other documents, was handed in at 3pm.  The CVS
133 <        repository was tagged to signify the project's completion, however,
71 <        the project is still being developed by the <a href="acknowledgments.shtml">core development team</a>
72 <        as we have found the system to be very useful in practice.  We would
73 <        love to hear of ideas for extra features that we may include in the
74 <        next builds.
127 >        a final year project for a group of <a href="http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk">
128 >        Computer Science</a> students at the <a href="http://www.ukc.ac.uk">
129 >        University of Kent at Canterbury</a>, UK. The project was completed at
130 >        4pm on 29 March 2001. It consisted of five lever-arch folders containing
131 >        mostly source code and documentation. The CVS repository was tagged to
132 >        signify this even, however, the project is still being developed by the
133 >        <a href="acknowledgements.shtml">core development team</a>.
134         </p>
135        
136         <p align="justify">
137 <        <img src="screenshots/thumbnail-ihost-main.gif" width="100" height="51" align="right">
138 <        As can be seen in our &quot;<a href="worddocs/">problem domain</a>&quot; document, the project
137 >        <a href="screenshots/"><img border="0" src="screenshots/thumbnail-ihost-main.gif" width="100" height="51" align="right"></a>
138 >        As can be seen in our &quot;<a href="/probdomain.shtml">problem domain</a>&quot; document, the project
139          was aimed at the UKC Computer Science department, and as such
140 <        we believed that a demonstration to the &quotcustomer&quot was important. The
140 >        we believed that a demonstration to the &quot;customer&quot; was important. The
141          feedback from our demonstation was more positive than we had
142 <        anticipated. We believe that the system may now be of great
143 <        interest to anybody who wishes to monitor a number of machines
144 <        on their network using a central configuration.
142 >        anticipated. We believe that the system may now be of interest
143 >        to anybody who wishes to monitor a number of machines on their
144 >        network using a central configuration. The i-scream central
145 >        monitoring system is now being used by the UKC Computer Science
146 >        department, and their feedback is being used to further improve
147 >        the product.
148         </p>
149  
88       <p>&nbsp;</p>
89       <center><h3>Naming History</h3></center>
90
150         <p align="justify">
151 <        <img src="screenshots/thumbnail-conient-config.gif" width="100" height="48" align="left">
151 >        <a href="screenshots/"><img border="0" src="screenshots/thumbnail-conient-config.gif" width="100" height="48" align="left"></a>
152          The name <i>i-scream</i> arose from a meeting whereupon one member
153          of the <a href="acknowledgements.shtml">development team</a> felt a strange urge to draw an ice cream on the discussion board.
154          It later became apparent that we had no name for our project (other
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157          Copyright issues immediately ruled out anything involving Mr Whippy,
158          so we had to settle for <i>i-scream</i>. And thus, we were left with a cunning
159          play on words - it still sounded like <i>ice cream</i>, yet also
160 <        served as a functional decription of our system - namely, one which
160 >        served as a functional description of our system - namely, one which
161          screams at somebody if something has gone wrong...
162         </p>
163         <p align="justify">
164 <        
164 >      
165 >       <p>&nbsp;</p>
166 >       <center><h3>Searching i-scream</h3></center>
167 >      
168 >       <!-- Search Google -->
169 >       <center>
170 >        <FORM method=GET action=http://www.google.com/custom>
171 >         <TABLE bgcolor=#FFFFFF cellspacing=0 border=0>
172 >          <tr>
173 >           <td valign="middle">
174 >            <A HREF=http://www.google.com/search>
175 >            <IMG SRC=http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_40wht.gif border=0 ALT=Google align=middle width="128" height="53"></A>
176 >           </td>
177 >           <td valign="middle">
178 >            <input type=hidden name=domains value="i-scream.org.uk">
179 >            <input type=hidden name=sitesearch value="i-scream.org.uk">
180 >            <INPUT TYPE=text name=q size=35 maxlength=255 value="">
181 >            <INPUT type=submit name=sa VALUE="Search">
182 >            <INPUT type=hidden name=cof VALUE="T:#000066;LW:502;ALC:#3333cc;L:http://www.i-scream.org.uk/i-scream.gif;LC:#0000ff;LH:37;BGC:#ffffff;AH:left;VLC:#3333cc;AWFID:d646a9fd69e7d9cb;">
183 >           </td>
184 >          </tr>
185 >         </TABLE>
186 >        </FORM>
187 >       </center>
188 >       <!-- Search Google -->
189 >      
190         </p>
191         </font>
192        </td>

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