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  17 <h1>psensor remote monitoring</h1>
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  23 <p><code>psensor-server</code> is a minimalist Web server hosting
  24 a JSON Web service which allows <code>psensor</code> to monitor a remote computer.</p>
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  29 <h2 id="_usage">Usage</h2>
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  32 <p><code>psensor-server</code> must be run on the monitored computer then run psensor
  33 on the desktop computer with the following command line:</p>
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  37 <pre>psensor --url=server_hostname:3131</pre>
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  41 <p><code>psensor-server</code> is included in the source package of <code>psensor</code>.</p>
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  46 <h2 id="_psensor_server_web_server">Psensor Server Web Server</h2>
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  49 <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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  52 <p><span class="image"><img src="http://wpitchoune.net/psensor/screenshots/psensor_server_20120326.png" alt="psensor server 20120326"></span></p>
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  57 <h2 id="_security">Security</h2>
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  60 <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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  67 Last updated 2016-06-13 18:24:18 CEST
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