Starting ServersCheck
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ServersCheck is an application that consists of two main components:
- Webserver: allowing you to view the status of a rule and manage your ServersCheck system
- Monitoring Service: this is the component that performs the defined rules, generates the alerts and the database.
Starting the ServersCheck Webserver
Access to the Webserver is key to for using, managing and reporting. The Webserver is a built-in web server that can be accessed by using a web browser and connecting to http://localhost:1272 or to the computer name http://computername:1272 The default username and password required to access ServersCheck from a remote computer is demo
Following are the requirements for the Webserver:
- A web browser
- A free port on 1272 (proxies such as ISA can block this and as such prevent ServersCheck from running)
- WMI has to be installed
By default the Webserver is started by starting the ServersCheck Webserver service. Upon installation the service is set to automatic. In the event that the service is not running, then you can click on the desktop icon and start the service as such. When the service is running, then use your browser to connect to http://localhost:1272
You can also start it by manually launching the s-server.exe in the main ServersCheck directory and then open your browser and connect to http://localhost:1272.
If you are still unable to access the web page, then run the Webserver in debug mode as outlined in following knowledge base article: http://kb.serverscheck.com/index.php?page=index_v2&id=38&c=root
Starting the Monitoring Service
We recommend to first make sure that ServersCheck is running under a Windows system account instead of the Local system account.
By default the ServersCheck Monitoring Service is started upon installing and is set to Automatic. You can also manually start and stop the Monitoring Service by clicking on the button (bottom right corner of the page).
