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- <h1 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#000066">i-scream
- screenshots</font></h1>
- <h3 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#000066">(or the 5 minute
- tour)</font></h3>
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- <p><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font></p>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
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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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><font color="#000066"><font face="Arial"><b>Reports Centre</b></font><b><font face="Arial">
- (Web)</font></b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Latest Information
- (Web)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#000066">Conient (Multiplatform
- real-time client)</font><br>
- </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient (Viewing
- extra data)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient
- (Configuration)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">ihost (Unix/Linux
- host)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">WinHost (Windows
- host)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Email)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (IRC bot)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Web page)</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Alerts (Public
- helpdesk display)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
- </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Conient (Server queue
- monitoring)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
- </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">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. </font></td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Historical reports
- (Web)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
- </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">Historical reports
- (Metadata)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
- </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <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>
- <p> </td>
- <td valign="top"><b><font face="Arial" color="#000066">The i-scream server</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
- </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">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 ;-)</font>
- <p> </td>
- </tr>
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+ <!--#include virtual="/header.inc" -->
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+ CMS Screen Shots
+ </h1>
+ <h2>
+ i-scream screenshots
+ </h2>
+ <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" />
+ </a>
+ </p>
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