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28   <h2>Getting Started with the i-scream Central Monitoring System</h2>
29  
30 < <h3>1. Installing the corba services (pre-requiste for the server)</h3>
30 > <h3>1. Installing the corba services (pre-requisite for the server)</h3>
31   <p>The server requires a CORBA Naming Service to run. It may be that you already
32 < have such a system running, in which case you can use this. Simply edit the
32 > have such a system running, in which case you can use that. Simply edit the
33   jacorb.properties file to point to your Naming service. If you don't have a
34 < naming service running you could just setup your own manually, but if like us
34 > naming service running you could just set up your own manually, but if like us
35   you want the easy approach, install our corba services program.</p>
36   <p>This program runs the naming service and provides a builtin webserver to
37   serve requests to the server application. The documentation details how to get
# Line 37 | Line 39 | this running. It should simply be a case of extracting
39   <h3>1. Installing the server</h3>
40   <p>The first stage is to download and install the server application. The
41   latest versions of all i-scream applications can be found at the following
42 < URL;</p>
43 < <p><a href="http://www.i-scream.org.uk/downloads">http://www.i-scream.org.uk/downloads</a></p>
44 < <p>Once downloaded the archive should be extracted to a directory of your
42 > URL:</p>
43 > <p><a href="http://www.i-scream.org/downloads">http://www.i-scream.org/downloads</a></p>
44 > <p>Once downloaded, the archive should be extracted to a directory of your
45   choice. The server will run on most Java enabled platforms (including
46   Windows, Linux and FreeBSD).</p>
47   <p>The archive consists of only a few files and directories. The main file is
# Line 75 | Line 77 | with running the run script provided. This will boot t
77   displaying some basic information to the console. If something goes wrong,
78   the error message should point to the cause.</p>
79   <h3>4. Setting up hosts</h3>
80 < <p>Hosts can be run on either unix (tested with Solaris, FreeBSD and some
81 < Linux distributions) or windows. Both are equally easy to setup.</p>
82 < <p>Firstly, the unix host is called &quot;ihost&quot;. This can be downloaded from the
80 > <p>Hosts can be run on either Unix (tested with Solaris, FreeBSD and some
81 > Linux distributions) or Windows. Both are equally easy to setup.</p>
82 > <p>Firstly, the Unix host is called &quot;ihost&quot;. This can be downloaded from the
83   i-scream website. Once extracted it just needs to be started up. You need two
84 < pieces of information to do this; the filtermanager (part of the server) host
84 > pieces of information to do this: the filtermanager (part of the server) host
85   and port number. If you haven't changed much in terms of configuration this will
86   be the machine the server is running on, and port 4567. To start ihost you
87 < simply type;</p>
87 > simply type:</p>
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89   <pre>ihost.pl server.domain.com port</pre>
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91   <p>ihost will then contact the server to obtain it's configuration and start
92   sending information.</p>
93   <p>The windows host, winhost, is very similar. All you need to do is install it
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104   run. However, in the near future we hope to have an installer to make life
105   easier. Conient is a Java application and will run on most Java enabled
106   platforms.</p>
107 < <p>After extracting the run script can be used to start Conient, or in some
107 > <p>After extracting, the run script can be used to start Conient, or in some
108   cases the JAR file can be executed manually. The GUI will then load. The
109   configuration section requires you to enter a host and port for the
110   server. By default this will be the machine on which the server is running
111 < on port 4510. Conient will then connect upon request and start displaying
111 > and port 4510. Conient will then connect upon request and start displaying
112   information.</p>
113   <p>Assuming data is displayed you have successfully setup the i-scream
114   central monitoring system. Well done!</p>
# Line 118 | Line 122 | also ensure the database is kept relatively clean.</p>
122   <p>Full instructions are available in the DBReporter documentation.</p>
123   <h3>7. Setting up the Web Interface</h3>
124   <p>The Web interface allows you to view various aspects of the i-scream
125 < central monitoring systems output. These include realtime viewing of data
125 > central monitoring system's output. These include realtime viewing of data
126   (much like Conient), links to the DBReporter above, and full displaying of
127   the alerts that can be generated by the server.</p>
128   <p>The archive contains a series of PHP scripts which should be placed on
129 < your PHP enabled webserver. The configuration files allow you to tailor
129 > your PHP enabled web server. The configuration files allow you to tailor
130   the setup to suit your needs.</p>
131   <p>Full instructions are available in the relevant documentation.</p>
132   <h3>8. Further</h3>
133   <p>You may decide to expand your setup to cover a larger network. For example, a
134 < distributed filter arrangement could cut down on the amount of network traffic
134 > distributed filter arrangement could cut down on the amount of traffic
135   being sent around the network. The server itself can be distributed to suit your
136   needs. You may wish to run the database section of the server on the same
137   machine as the database, while running the rest on another machine.</p>
138   <p>Some discussion about this is available in the server documentation.</p>
139   <p>If you have any questions about any of the above, please don't hesitate to
140 < contact us at dev@i-scream.org.uk. If you find we've missed something out,
140 > contact us at <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">dev@i-scream.org</a>. If you find we've missed something out,
141   again, please let us know.</p>
142 < <p>Finally, we'd like to thank you for trying an i-scream product. We realise
142 > <p>Finally, we'd like to thank you for trying this i-scream product. We realise
143   that it's still at an early stage, and we therefore appreciate you taking
144   the time to try it out.</p>
145   <p>The i-scream team.
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