X-Git-Url: http://git.wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=www.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fpsensor%2Fremote.adoc;fp=src%2Fpsensor%2Fremote.adoc;h=06236f8129dc19d4526936001d7c3b86c58376db;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=cb55b0999457d360be3bbd245eb9fd7c56f7ebb2;hpb=c6700abf7ede226b5183cd67bde28043866c4a32 diff --git a/src/psensor/remote.adoc b/src/psensor/remote.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..06236f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/psensor/remote.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ + += psensor remote monitoring +:docinfo2: + +`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: + +---- +psensor --url=server_hostname:3131 +---- + +`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. + +image:http://wpitchoune.net/psensor/screenshots/psensor_server_20120326.png[] + +== 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).