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  16 <h1>psensor remote monitoring</h1>
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  22 <p><code>psensor-server</code> is a minimalist Web server hosting
  23 a JSON Web service which allows <code>psensor</code> to monitor a remote computer.</p>
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  28 <h2 id="_usage">Usage</h2>
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  31 <p><code>psensor-server</code> must be run on the monitored computer then run psensor
  32 on the desktop computer with the following command line:</p>
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  36 <pre>psensor --url=server_hostname:3131</pre>
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  40 <p><code>psensor-server</code> is included in the source package of <code>psensor</code>.</p>
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  45 <h2 id="_psensor_server_web_server">Psensor Server Web Server</h2>
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  48 <p>In addition to psensor, you can also use any browser to view the information of the remote computer. Just open the URL: <a href="http://server_hostname:3131" class="bare">http://server_hostname:3131</a>.</p>
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  56 <h2 id="_security">Security</h2>
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  59 <p>psensor-server does not provide any way to restrict the connection to the HTTP server, worst, no effort has been made against malicious HTTP attacks.  You should make the psensor-server port available only to a network or computer you trust by using the usual network security tools of the system (for example, iptables).</p>
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  66 Last updated 2016-06-14 10:12:07 CEST
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