10.2. Description

10.2.1. Default view of the application

Network Service Monitor Configurator is an application accessible in Configuration tab. A main view of the application presents a list of all defined hosts, that TCP ports are monitored. Links in Description and Host columns allow to edit a selected host. Meaning of particular columns is presented in the table below:

Table 10.1. Meaning of columns of monitored host list

Column	Meaning
Description	Short description of a host.
Host	DNS host name or its address IPv4 or IPv6.
Active	It shows if host can be monitored now.
Source address	Source address of the connections for all its ports if not empty.
Ports	A list of TCP ports monitored on this host.
Creator	A creator of entry.
Modifier	The last modifier of entry.
Creation	Entry creation time.
Modification	Entry modification time.
User	A user of entry.
Group	A group of entry.
User rights	User rights of entry.
Group rights	Group rights of entry.
Other rights	Rights to write for other users.
Ulevel	A minimum level of a user, that can modify entry.
+Groups	Additionl groups of entry.
Add/Delete	Buttons, that can add or delete an existed entry.

A user of 0 level can add a new item to the list of hosts, that will be monitored. A basic configuration of the new entry, you can do in edition fields, that are placed below a list of hosts.

A user of higher level then 0 only can see existed hosts according to his access rights and he can't add a new item to the list.

10.2.2. An edition of entry describing a monitored host

A top part of the view shows fields specifing a selected item of the list. They are compatible with columns of a default view of the application. Below, there are a list of additional user groups to which entry defining host belongs to. At the bottom a list of monitored TCP ports of a given host is placed. Meaning of columns of TCP port list is presented in the table below:

Table 10.2. Meaning of columns of TCP port list

Column	Meaning
Description	Short description of a port.
Active	It tells if the port is active or not.
Port	TCP port number.
Source address	Source address of the connections for that port if not empty.
Interval (min)	Time interval describing every how minutes a given port will be chacked.
Timeout (milisec)	A maximum period of time in miliseconds, that can have a whole, single operation monitoring a given port. After that time, the operation will be interrupted.
Action	A kind of action of port checking. The parameter can have the following values: Port availability only - checking only availability of connecting with a port; Custom script - a selected script running; Smtp protocol - built into SMTP service; Http protocol - built into HTTP service; Ftp protocol - built into FTP service; Http/Ftp proxy - built into HTTP service with proxy option.
Script	A path of the script if Action has a value Custom script.
Url	Optional parameter specifing a file used only to read if Action has a value Http protocol or Http/Ftp proxy.
Username	Optional user name only is used if Action has a value Http protocol or Http/Ftp proxy.
Password	Optional password is used if Action has a value Http protocol or Http/Ftp proxy and Username field is not empty.
Add/Modify	A button, that allows to add a new entry or edit an existed one.
Delete	A button deleting an existed entry.