UNDERSTAND HOW TO HIAWATHA MONITOR WORKS

Read the information at https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/howto/monitor to understand what the Hiawatha Monitor is and how it works.

CONFIGURE YOUR WEBSERVER

Use the following Hiawatha configuration for this website.

UrlToolkit {
	ToolkitID = monitor
	RequestURI isfile Return
	Match ^/(css|files|fonts|images|js)(/|$) Return
	Match ^/(favicon.ico|robots.txt)$ Return
	Match [^?]*(\?.*)? Rewrite /index.php$1
}

VirtualHost {
	Hostname = monitor.domain.com
	WebsiteRoot = /var/www/monitor/public
	StartFile = index.php
	AccessLogfile = /var/www/monitor/logfiles/access.log
	ErrorLogfile = /var/www/monitor/logfiles/error.log
	ExecuteCGI = yes
	UseFastCGI = PHP5 # Use if you use PHP as a FastCGI daemon
	TimeForCGI = 15
	UseToolkit = monitor
}

CONFIGURE PHP

The Hiawatha Monitor requires the php5-mysql and php5-xsl PHP modules.

Use the following PHP settings:

allow_url_include = Off
cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0 (when using FastCGI PHP), 1 (otherwise)
date.timezone = <your timezone>
magic_quotes_gpc = Off
register_globals = Off

CONFIGURE YOUR DATABASE

Open the website in your browser and follow the instructions on your screen. In case of an error, add /setup to the URL.

CONFIGURE CRON DAEMON

Use the following crontab settings to fetch the information from the webservers and to send the daily reports:

*/5 * * * * /path/to/monitor/website/database/fetch_webserver_logs
0   0 * * * /path/to/monitor/website/database/delete_old_logs
59 23 * * * /path/to/monitor/website/database/send_reports

USING THE HIAWATHA MONITOR

Login with username 'admin' and password 'monitor' and start adding webservers in the Webserver Administration page. Add "MonitorServer = to the configuration file of your Hiawatha webservers.