Installation Overview
From ServersCheck Wiki
To install your ServersCheck Monitoring Software, simply click on the setup.exe file to launch the installer. Make sure to be logged in as an Administrator on the system on which you will install the software.
The Installer will guide you through the following 8 step set-up process:
You will first see the welcome screen.
You then need to agree with the License Agreement. When accepting it, you will directed to the second screen of the ServersCheck installer.
The next step is the specification of a target directory to which the application needs to be installed.
Start menu items are created in step 4. Most users will not need to change this.
Additional options can be configured in step 5.
An installation summary is then displayed before installation begins.
The files are then copied to the specified target directory and the ServersCheck service will be automatically installed as a service.
Installation is completed and ServersCheck is ready for use.
What Has Been Installed?
Following items have been installed on your computer:
ServersCheck Databases: if you want ServersCheck to produce graphs then it needs to create databases (based upon the round robin system created by Tobias Oetiker with its RDDTool). The installer has created a special directory on your C: drive for these. The name of this directory is c:\serverscheck_databases. By deleting, moving or renaming this directory, ServersCheck will no longer be able to produce graphs based upon the checks it executes.
ServersCheck components: The installed components are all part of the multi-threaded ServersCheck architecture designed to give you a reliable and powerful network monitoring solution. Three services are installed: ServersCheck Monitoring Service, ServersCheck Voice Alerting Service and ServersCheck Webserver Service.
Add-Ons: Linux Agent: this free linux agent allows you to monitor CPU, disk space, and memory on Linux based systems. Limited support available for this freeware.
Add-Ons: GSMmodem Tester utility enables you to test the compatibility of your GSM modem with the ServersCheck Monitoring Software by sending a test SMS.
Add-Ons: Signal Tower Tester utility. This utility tests the optional signal tower settings with the ServersCheck software.
Add-Ons: Voice Call Tester Utility. This utility tests your voice modem to ensure that your modem is compatible and places a test call to verify you can hear the alerts.
Add-Ons: SSL Configuration Utility.
