The i-scream Project

From: Tim Bishop Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:00:42 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Some updates to the i-scream website. Particularly the entry page has had an X-Git-Tag: PRE_WWW_REDESIGN~79 X-Git-Url: http://git.i-scream.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e261ef06b489b22b9cb62e5a897aefc097b111a0;p=www.i-scream.org.git Some updates to the i-scream website. Particularly the entry page has had an overhaul. It now has a News section and a Current Work section. This should slightly help in making i-scream not look quite so dead. Once again, my web design skills aren't great, so changes are welcome :-) --- diff --git a/www/acknowledgements.shtml b/www/acknowledgements.shtml index c8ba1a1..aa58c42 100644 --- a/www/acknowledgements.shtml +++ b/www/acknowledgements.shtml @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ diff --git a/www/bottom.inc b/www/bottom.inc index 409b6aa..4815618 100644 --- a/www/bottom.inc +++ b/www/bottom.inc @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@

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http://www.i-scream.org.uk
- Copyright 2001 The i-scream Project
+ Copyright 2001-2002 The i-scream Project
dev@i-scream.org.uk

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Current Status

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Project News

- - The "project" stage of i-scream has finished, leaving the - system in a completed state. Since then the goals have - changed from completing a project to producing a useful - and functional product. - Documentation is - available for people wanting to try out the i-scream - system, and our code is availabel via CVS. - Our progress during the project can be found in the meeting minutes. - Work is still continuing to adapt and improve the i-scream central - monitoring system as a product for use in networked environments. + Thursday 7 Feb 2002

+ The alerting section of the i-scream monitoring system now makes + full use of an externally developed IRC bot for it's IRC + connectivity. To find out more about this IRC bot, please visit + the authors website at + http://www.jibble.org.

- +

- - The i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System Reports - are no longer visible on the web. You may view some of the - output in the screen shots - section or you can sample some static example content on the - Reports Demo pages. - You may view the latest information about each machine, - historical 24-hour reports and alerts for each machine. If - you would like your i-scream web reports to be linked from this - site, then please email us at - dev@i-scream.org.uk + Tuesday 8 Jan 2002

+ Java ACL (Access Control List) code has been added to the util + package of the i-scream server. This code will ultimately allow + the server to be more secure when exposed to the Internet. More + details can be found + here on the authors website.

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- - Our current host development allows us to pass machine statistics - to our distributed filter arrangement, which then processes the - data and stores it for later use. An example of such use is the - historical report generator which produces graphs of machine - usage over periods of time. A real-time - client is also available (Conient) and alert information can be - displayed to the public via dynamic web pages. + Tuesday 18 Dec 2001

+ The i-scream ihost package has undergone significant changes to + make it more flexible and modular. It now incorporates plugins + which can be written in any language, and automatically XML + encodes data it is given (as opposed to the hardcoded approach + in the old version). It has also been made more robust, and + where possible optimised to reduce the load on the host system.

About i-scream

- - Builds of the i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System - are now available for download from this - website. To assist in our addition of features to the system, we - would be extremely grateful to receive feedback from anybody who has - any comments about the system. You may email the development team - at dev@i-scream.org.uk + + Details of the i-scream central monitoring system can be found + on the features and overview page. + A variety of screen shots from the + system show some of the key features in use. The reports demo + page provides a static example of what the i-scream reports (alerts, + historical graphs, and live data) could look like on a production system.

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+ + The latest source code is available in the CVS + repository, with binary downloads on the downloads page. The + documentation page has details of + installation, use and maintenance for the end user and developer. + We value feedback and comments from you, so please drop us an e-mail + to dev@i-scream.org.uk. +

Project Completion

Current Work

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+ Historical/Realtime graphing package

+ + The current system for graphing i-scream data from the i-scream + system is good, but proving to be unscalable and very resource + hungry. This is mostly due to the MySQL database backend, + and the vast quantity of data recorded. The new system + in development makes use of + RRDtool to generate the graphs in realtime. This reduces + the peak loads of the system, and allows generation of more + flexible graphs. This work is nearing completetion. +

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+ Server security

+ Security was something mostly overlooked in the original stage + of this project (due to the academic nature of the work). However, + once in production use this has become an issue, and is being + addressed. Initially the plan is to lock down the external points + of access (TCP & UDP) in the server to specific hosts. In the + longer term, encryption of data would be nice, but would take a + lot more time and work. +

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+ Testing and Development

+ + The i-scream system is being tested and developed within the + Univeristy of Kent Computer Science department by the Systems + Group. This has led to many bug fixes and minor feature + enhancements, and will hopefully help to aid the long term + development of the system. +

+ +

Project History

The i-scream Distributed Central Monitoring System started off as - a final year project for a group of Computer Science students at - the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. - The project deadline was 4pm on 29th March 2001. Most of the group - met very early that morning to compile the project into five - lever arch folders. The project, consisting of source code, user, - maintenance and other documents, was handed in at 3pm. The CVS - repository was tagged to signify the project's completion, however, - the project is still being developed by the core development team - as we have found the system to be very useful in practice. We would - love to hear of ideas for extra features that we may include in the - next builds. + a final year project for a group of + Computer Science students at the + University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. The project was completed at + 4pm on 29 March 2001. It consisted of five lever-arch folders containing + mostly source code and documentation. The CVS repository was tagged to + signify this even, however, the project is still being developed by the + core development team.

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Naming History

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Searching

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The i-scream system provides a free, centrally configurable distributed - server to monitor the status and performance of Windows, Unix, Linux - and FreeBSD machines on a network. The server can raise alerts using + server to monitor the status and performance of Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD + and Windows machines on a network. The server can raise alerts using email, IRC or a large public information display. Information may also be browsed interactively via the web or using our multi-platform client. @@ -28,4 +27,4 @@

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