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Revision: 1.6
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Commit new website. The old site is tagged, so this won't change the live
site... but it does move HEAD on to the new site.

Too many changes to list really. General points are:

- Moved to a XHTML CSS compliant site.
- Reorganised the site into a more multi-project based look.
- Removed a lot of cruft.

Still to do:

- Fix all the zillions of bugs stopping the whole site from validating :-)
- Tidy up the HTML in terms of layout and indentation.

Thanks to AJ for his help this weekend in doing this.

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# Content
1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
2
3 <!--
4 index.shtml
5 Created by pjm2 25/05/2001
6 Last edited 25/05/2001
7 -->
8
9 <html>
10
11 <head>
12 <title>i-scream screenshots / overview</title>
13 <meta name="description" content="The i-scream central monitoring system runs distributed on Unix, Linux and Windows NT/2000 servers.">
14 <meta name="keywords" content="i-scream, screenshots, distributed, central, monitoring, system, project, unix, linux, nt, 2000, server, alert, email, winhost, ihost, conient">
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21 <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
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24 <!--#include virtual="../left.inc" -->
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27 <!--#include virtual="../title.inc" -->
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33 <div align="center">
34 <center>
35 <table border="0" cellspacing="10" width="500" cellpadding="0">
36 <tr>
37 <td valign="top" colspan="2">
38 <h1 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#000066">i-scream
39 screenshots</font></h1>
40 <h3 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#000066">(or the two minute
41 tour)</font></h3>
42 </center>
43 <p><font size="2" face="Arial">This page provides a sequence of
44 screenshots to help you to gain a better understanding of the i-scream
45 distributed central monitoring system and how it may be applied in
46 networked environments.&nbsp; Click on the thumbnails to view the full
47 size screenshots.</font></p>
48 <p>&nbsp;</td>
49 </tr>
50 <center>
51 <tr>
52 <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>
53 <p>&nbsp;</td>
54 <td valign="top"><font color="#000066"><font face="Arial"><b>Reports Centre</b></font><b><font face="Arial">
55 (Web)</font></b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
56 The i-scream reports centre provides a central access point to all
57 web-based reports that are provided by the i-scream system.&nbsp; Reports
58 are available to display information about the current status of an
59 individual machine and any alerts pertaining to either an individual
60 machine, or a summary of alerts for all machines.&nbsp; Historical
61 information about monitored machines may also be accessed from this point.</font>
62 <p>&nbsp;</td>
63 </tr>
64 <tr>
65 <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>
66 <p>&nbsp;</td>
67 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Latest Information
68 (Web)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
69 Here we are viewing the latest information provided by a host.&nbsp; Bars
70 are used to represent values such as disk space and free memory as this
71 makes it easier to spot casual problems.&nbsp; The small graph icons link
72 to historical reports of each field for the previous day.&nbsp; The choice
73 of fields to display on this page is stored in a separate configuration
74 file.</font>
75 <p>&nbsp;</td>
76 </tr>
77 <tr>
78 <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>
79 <p>&nbsp;</td>
80 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#000066">Conient (Multiplatform
81 real-time client)</font><br>
82 </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">Conient is a real-time client that
83 can hook into an i-scream server to allow the user to view host
84 information as it passes through the server.&nbsp; The client displays
85 information provided by the hosts as well as the results of service checks
86 performed by the server on each host (eg FTP, Telnet, etc).&nbsp; Conient
87 is written in Java and can thus be run on most operating systems.</font>
88 <p>&nbsp;</td>
89 </tr>
90 <tr>
91 <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>
92 <p>&nbsp;</td>
93 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient (Viewing
94 extra data)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
95 Less important host information may be viewed in a seperate window to
96 avoid clutter in Conient's display.&nbsp; Details of the protocol for
97 host-to-server communications are freely available to developers.&nbsp;
98 The protocol itself is extensible and client programs such as Conient
99 display even unrecognised data from modified host programs.</font>
100 <p>&nbsp;</td>
101 </tr>
102 <tr>
103 <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>
104 <p>&nbsp;</td>
105 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient
106 (Configuration)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
107 Conient is fully configurable from within the program itself.&nbsp;
108 Multiple configurations may be saved.&nbsp; Conient can also be configured
109 to connect to a server through a firewall via an SSH tunnel or suchlike.</font>
110 <p>&nbsp;</td>
111 </tr>
112 <tr>
113 <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>
114 <p>&nbsp;</td>
115 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">ihost (Unix/Linux
116 host)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
117 The ihost is currently the main Unix/Linux/FreeBSD host application for
118 i-scream.&nbsp; ihost is centrally configured by the server it connects to
119 and periodically sends information about the machine on which it is
120 running.&nbsp; The ihost is written in Perl, so can be easily altered to
121 send extra information to your i-scream server.</font>
122 <p>&nbsp;</td>
123 </tr>
124 <tr>
125 <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>
126 <p>&nbsp;</td>
127 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">WinHost (Windows
128 host)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
129 The WinHost is similar in concept to the ihost, however, this one runs on
130 Windows NT/2000 servers.&nbsp; Again, the configuration is dynamically
131 obtained from the server.&nbsp; The WinHost is typically only present in
132 the Windows system tray.&nbsp; Double clicking on the system tray icon
133 will bring up a small window that allows data to be viewed and to force
134 reconfiguration with the server.</font>
135 <p>&nbsp;</td>
136 </tr>
137 <tr>
138 <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>
139 <p>&nbsp;</td>
140 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Email)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
141 The i-scream server includes many alerting mechanisms.&nbsp; Simple email
142 alerts may be sent out if desired.&nbsp; Alert levels and frequencies may
143 be configured for the server.&nbsp; This screenshot shows the format of a
144 typical alert; the contents of which are of course configurable.</font>
145 <p>&nbsp;</td>
146 </tr>
147 <tr>
148 <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>
149 <p>&nbsp;</td>
150 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (IRC bot)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
151 Another i-scream alerter comes in the form of an interactive IRC bot.&nbsp;
152 This may reside in an IRC (Internet relay chat) channel and broadcasts
153 alerts if told to do so.&nbsp; This screenshot shows a typical interaction
154 with a user in the &quot;Bersirc&quot; IRC client.</font>
155 <p>&nbsp;</td>
156 </tr>
157 <tr>
158 <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>
159 <p>&nbsp;</td>
160 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Web page)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
161 Individual alerts and a summary of all alerts raised by the i-scream
162 server may be viewed on the alerts web pages.&nbsp; These show the
163 different levels of alerts in configurable colours and provides specific
164 details about the alerts being raised for each machine.</font>
165 <p>&nbsp;</td>
166 </tr>
167 <tr>
168 <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>
169 <p>&nbsp;</td>
170 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Public
171 helpdesk display)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
172 </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The reports centre also provides a
173 page that may be useful in configuring non-interactive public displays of
174 alerts.&nbsp; These displays automatically refresh the page periodically
175 and supported web browsers may also automatically scroll the page to allow
176 a large font to be employed for easier reading from a distance.</font>
177 <p>&nbsp;</td>
178 </tr>
179 <tr>
180 <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>
181 <p>&nbsp;</td>
182 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient (Server queue
183 monitoring)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
184 </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The Conient client may also be used
185 to monitor information about the i-scream server itself.&nbsp; Here we are
186 viewing the status of the internal queues within the server.&nbsp; This
187 shows that the server is performing healthily and that there are no
188 bottlenecks.&nbsp; </font></td>
189 </tr>
190 <tr>
191 <td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="reports-raptor-load15.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-reports-raptor-load15.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="107"></a></font>
192 <p>&nbsp;</td>
193 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Historical reports
194 (Web)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
195 </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">Historical information is collated
196 by the i-scream server into (typically) a MySQL database.&nbsp; A separate
197 program is used to produce the historical web reports These may be browsed
198 via this web-based interface (see screenshot).&nbsp; The reports to be
199 generated for each machine and the size of the page are of course
200 configurable.</font>
201 <p>&nbsp;</td>
202 </tr>
203 <tr>
204 <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>
205 <p>&nbsp;</td>
206 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Historical reports
207 (Metadata)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
208 </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The historical report generation
209 also produces a number of other files that may be useful for third party
210 analysis tools.&nbsp; The chart itself is written as a GIF image, as well
211 as a small file suitable for including on PHP pages that specifies the
212 minimum and maximum values during the 24 hour period.&nbsp; A file
213 containing the raw plot data is also produced to enable the use of third
214 party on-the-fly plotting tools.</font>
215 <p>&nbsp;</td>
216 </tr>
217 <tr>
218 <td valign="top" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="server-main.gif"><img border="0" src="thumbnail-server-main.gif" alt="click to enlarge!" width="100" height="100"></a></font>
219 <p>&nbsp;</td>
220 <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">The i-scream server</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
221 </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The server is distributed and may
222 therefore have multiple points of data entry and run on more than one
223 machine.&nbsp; This helps to reduce the amount of host traffic over large
224 networks and reduces potential bottlenecks.&nbsp; The server is written in
225 Java to allow it to run on most operating systems.&nbsp; This exciting
226 screenshot shows the i-scream server running ;-)</font>
227 <p>&nbsp;</td>
228 </tr>
229 </table>
230 </center>
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