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-<h1 class="top">Getting Started</h1>
-
-<h2>Getting Started with the i-scream Central Monitoring System</h2>
-
-<h3>1. Installing the corba services (pre-requisite for the server)</h3>
-<p>The server requires a CORBA Naming Service to run. It may be that you already
-have such a system running, in which case you can use that. Simply edit the
-jacorb.properties file to point to your Naming service. If you don't have a
-naming service running you could just set up your own manually, but if like us
-you want the easy approach, install our corba services program.</p>
-<p>This program runs the naming service and provides a builtin webserver to
-serve requests to the server application. The documentation details how to get
-this running. It should simply be a case of extracting and running.</p>
-<h3>1. Installing the server</h3>
-<p>The first stage is to download and install the server application. The
-latest versions of all i-scream applications can be found at the following
-URL:</p>
-<p><a href="http://www.i-scream.org/downloads">http://www.i-scream.org/downloads</a></p>
-<p>Once downloaded, the archive should be extracted to a directory of your
-choice. The server will run on most Java enabled platforms (including
-Windows, Linux and FreeBSD).</p>
-<p>The archive consists of only a few files and directories. The main file is
-the iscream-server.jar archive which contains all the binary code for the
-server. The lib directory contains other JAR archives which the server
-requires to run. The etc directory contains (or will contain)
-configuration for most of the i-scream central monitoring system. The next
-step is to configure the server to suit your requirements.</p>
-<h3>2. Configuring the server</h3>
-<p>The configuration is split into two main files. The first,
-default.properties can be considered a bootstrap configuration. This means
-that it provides basic configuration to get the server started, after
-which point the main configuration system takes over. This file should be
-checked through, and is pretty well explained by comments.</p>
-<p>The rest of the server configuration is based on system.conf. This can
-hold the entire system configuration, including hosts. It may also specify
-other configuration files to be included in the main configuration. This
-file is also commented extensively.</p>
-<p>This step may well take some time to get right, and you can come back to
-it at any point. Lots of the configuration can be changed "on the fly"
-as well.</p>
-<p>For fuller and complete details of the configuration system, and the
-server in general, please see the Server User Guide in the documentation
-section of the website.</p>
-<h3>2a. Setting up the database</h3>
-<p>The i-scream central monitoring system can make use of a database for
-generating historical reports. The documentation explains how you would
-configure the system to do this. You will need to create a single basic
-table yourself, this is also explained in the documentation.</p>
-<h3>3. Starting the server</h3>
-<p>Starting up the server is a trivial task. Usually you can just get away
-with running the run script provided. This will boot the server up
-displaying some basic information to the console. If something goes wrong,
-the error message should point to the cause.</p>
-<h3>4. Setting up hosts</h3>
-<p>Hosts can be run on either Unix (tested with Solaris, FreeBSD and some
-Linux distributions) or Windows. Both are equally easy to setup.</p>
-<p>Firstly, the Unix host is called "ihost". This can be downloaded from the
-i-scream website. Once extracted it just needs to be started up. You need two
-pieces of information to do this: the filtermanager (part of the server) host
-and port number. If you haven't changed much in terms of configuration this will
-be the machine the server is running on, and port 4567. To start ihost you
-simply type:</p>
-</font>
-<pre>ihost.pl server.domain.com port</pre>
-<font face="arial,sans-serif" size="2">
-<p>ihost will then contact the server to obtain it's configuration and start
-sending information.</p>
-<p>The windows host, winhost, is very similar. All you need to do is install it
-using the provided installer in the download, and then edit the ini file to
-provide the two bits of information above. Running the application starts up
-communication with the server and data sending commences.</p>
-<p>Full details of both of these hosts can be found in the relevant
-documentation on the website.</p>
-<h3>5. Using Conient</h3>
-<p>Conient allows you to view, in real time, the data being sent by the
-hosts. This is a perfect way to test that all the above steps have
-successfully been completed.</p>
-<p>At present Conient is simply another archive which can be extracted and
-run. However, in the near future we hope to have an installer to make life
-easier. Conient is a Java application and will run on most Java enabled
-platforms.</p>
-<p>After extracting, the run script can be used to start Conient, or in some
-cases the JAR file can be executed manually. The GUI will then load. The
-configuration section requires you to enter a host and port for the
-server. By default this will be the machine on which the server is running
-and port 4510. Conient will then connect upon request and start displaying
-information.</p>
-<p>Assuming data is displayed you have successfully setup the i-scream
-central monitoring system. Well done!</p>
-<p>This is explained in much more detail in the Conient documentation.</p>
-<h3>6. Setting up DBReporter</h3>
-<p>If you are making use of a database you can setup the DBReporter to
-generate web-based reports of the information collected. This is just a
-case of extracting the archive to a suitable location, configuring it, and
-setting it to run on a regular basis (we suggest daily). DBReporter will
-also ensure the database is kept relatively clean.</p>
-<p>Full instructions are available in the DBReporter documentation.</p>
-<h3>7. Setting up the Web Interface</h3>
-<p>The Web interface allows you to view various aspects of the i-scream
-central monitoring system's output. These include realtime viewing of data
-(much like Conient), links to the DBReporter above, and full displaying of
-the alerts that can be generated by the server.</p>
-<p>The archive contains a series of PHP scripts which should be placed on
-your PHP enabled web server. The configuration files allow you to tailor
-the setup to suit your needs.</p>
-<p>Full instructions are available in the relevant documentation.</p>
-<h3>8. Further</h3>
-<p>You may decide to expand your setup to cover a larger network. For example, a
-distributed filter arrangement could cut down on the amount of traffic
-being sent around the network. The server itself can be distributed to suit your
-needs. You may wish to run the database section of the server on the same
-machine as the database, while running the rest on another machine.</p>
-<p>Some discussion about this is available in the server documentation.</p>
-<p>If you have any questions about any of the above, please don't hesitate to
-contact us at <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">dev@i-scream.org</a>. If you find we've missed something out,
-again, please let us know.</p>
-<p>Finally, we'd like to thank you for trying this i-scream product. We realise
-that it's still at an early stage, and we therefore appreciate you taking
-the time to try it out.</p>
-<p>The i-scream team.</p>
-</div>
-
+ <div id="contents">
+ <h1 class="top">
+ Getting Started
+ </h1>
+ <h2>
+ Getting Started with the i-scream Central Monitoring System
+ </h2>
+ <h3>
+ 1. Installing the corba services (pre-requisite for the
+ server)
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ The server requires a CORBA Naming Service to run. It may
+ be that you already have such a system running, in which
+ case you can use that. Simply edit the jacorb.properties
+ file to point to your Naming service. If you don't have a
+ naming service running you could just set up your own
+ manually, but if like us you want the easy approach,
+ install our corba services program.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This program runs the naming service and provides a builtin
+ webserver to serve requests to the server application. The
+ documentation details how to get this running. It should
+ simply be a case of extracting and running.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 1. Installing the server
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ The first stage is to download and install the server
+ application. The latest versions of all i-scream
+ applications can be found at the following URL:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/cms/">
+ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/cms/</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Once downloaded, the archive should be extracted to a
+ directory of your choice. The server will run on most Java
+ enabled platforms (including Windows, Linux and FreeBSD).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The archive consists of only a few files and directories.
+ The main file is the iscream-server.jar archive which
+ contains all the binary code for the server. The lib
+ directory contains other JAR archives which the server
+ requires to run. The etc directory contains (or will
+ contain) configuration for most of the i-scream central
+ monitoring system. The next step is to configure the server
+ to suit your requirements.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 2. Configuring the server
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ The configuration is split into two main files. The first,
+ default.properties can be considered a bootstrap
+ configuration. This means that it provides basic
+ configuration to get the server started, after which point
+ the main configuration system takes over. This file should
+ be checked through, and is pretty well explained by
+ comments.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The rest of the server configuration is based on
+ system.conf. This can hold the entire system configuration,
+ including hosts. It may also specify other configuration
+ files to be included in the main configuration. This file
+ is also commented extensively.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This step may well take some time to get right, and you can
+ come back to it at any point. Lots of the configuration can
+ be changed "on the fly" as well.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For fuller and complete details of the configuration
+ system, and the server in general, please see the Server
+ User Guide in the documentation section of the website.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 2a. Setting up the database
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ The i-scream central monitoring system can make use of a
+ database for generating historical reports. The
+ documentation explains how you would configure the system
+ to do this. You will need to create a single basic table
+ yourself, this is also explained in the documentation.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 3. Starting the server
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ Starting up the server is a trivial task. Usually you can
+ just get away with running the run script provided. This
+ will boot the server up displaying some basic information
+ to the console. If something goes wrong, the error message
+ should point to the cause.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 4. Setting up hosts
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ Hosts can be run on either Unix (tested with Solaris,
+ FreeBSD and some Linux distributions) or Windows. Both are
+ equally easy to setup.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Firstly, the Unix host is called "ihost". This can be
+ downloaded from the i-scream website. Once extracted it
+ just needs to be started up. You need two pieces of
+ information to do this: the filtermanager (part of the
+ server) host and port number. If you haven't changed much
+ in terms of configuration this will be the machine the
+ server is running on, and port 4567. To start ihost you
+ simply type:
+ </p>
+ <pre>
+ihost.pl server.domain.com port
+</pre>
+ <p>
+ ihost will then contact the server to obtain it's
+ configuration and start sending information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The windows host, winhost, is very similar. All you need to
+ do is install it using the provided installer in the
+ download, and then edit the ini file to provide the two
+ bits of information above. Running the application starts
+ up communication with the server and data sending
+ commences.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Full details of both of these hosts can be found in the
+ relevant documentation on the website.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 5. Using Conient
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ Conient allows you to view, in real time, the data being
+ sent by the hosts. This is a perfect way to test that all
+ the above steps have successfully been completed.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ At present Conient is simply another archive which can be
+ extracted and run. However, in the near future we hope to
+ have an installer to make life easier. Conient is a Java
+ application and will run on most Java enabled platforms.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ After extracting, the run script can be used to start
+ Conient, or in some cases the JAR file can be executed
+ manually. The GUI will then load. The configuration section
+ requires you to enter a host and port for the server. By
+ default this will be the machine on which the server is
+ running and port 4510. Conient will then connect upon
+ request and start displaying information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Assuming data is displayed you have successfully setup the
+ i-scream central monitoring system. Well done!
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This is explained in much more detail in the Conient
+ documentation.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 6. Setting up DBReporter
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ If you are making use of a database you can setup the
+ DBReporter to generate web-based reports of the information
+ collected. This is just a case of extracting the archive to
+ a suitable location, configuring it, and setting it to run
+ on a regular basis (we suggest daily). DBReporter will also
+ ensure the database is kept relatively clean.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Full instructions are available in the DBReporter
+ documentation.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 7. Setting up the Web Interface
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ The Web interface allows you to view various aspects of the
+ i-scream central monitoring system's output. These include
+ realtime viewing of data (much like Conient), links to the
+ DBReporter above, and full displaying of the alerts that
+ can be generated by the server.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The archive contains a series of PHP scripts which should
+ be placed on your PHP enabled web server. The configuration
+ files allow you to tailor the setup to suit your needs.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Full instructions are available in the relevant
+ documentation.
+ </p>
+ <h3>
+ 8. Further
+ </h3>
+ <p>
+ You may decide to expand your setup to cover a larger
+ network. For example, a distributed filter arrangement
+ could cut down on the amount of traffic being sent around
+ the network. The server itself can be distributed to suit
+ your needs. You may wish to run the database section of the
+ server on the same machine as the database, while running
+ the rest on another machine.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Some discussion about this is available in the server
+ documentation.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If you have any questions about any of the above, please
+ don't hesitate to contact us at
+ <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">dev@i-scream.org</a>.
+ If you find we've missed something out, again, please let
+ us know.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Finally, we'd like to thank you for trying this i-scream
+ product. We realise that it's still at an early stage, and
+ we therefore appreciate you taking the time to try it out.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The i-scream team.
+ </p>
+ </div>
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