= psensor remote monitoring
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`psensor-server` is a minimalist Web server hosting
a JSON Web service which allows `psensor` to monitor a remote computer.

== Usage

`psensor-server` must be run on the monitored computer then run psensor
on the desktop computer with the following command line:

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psensor --url=server_hostname:3131
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`psensor-server` is included in the source package of `psensor`.

== Psensor Server Web Server

In addition to psensor, you can also use any browser to view the information of the remote computer. Just open the URL: http://server_hostname:3131.

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== Security

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).
