istatserver

istatserver is a system monitoring daemon that is used in conjunction with iStat for iOS and iStat for macOS to remotely monitor computers.

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Supported OSs

• Linux
• FreeBSD, DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and other BSD based OSs
• AIX
• Solaris
• HP-UX (Still in development and not tested)

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Requirements

• C and C++ compilers such as gcc and g++.
• Auto tools (autoconf and automake).
• OpenSSL/libssl + development libraries.
• Sqlite3 + development libraries.
• libxml2 + development libraries.

We have a package guide available to help you install all the required packages for your OS.

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Build procedure

• Download and decompress source
• cd /path/to/istatserver
• ./autogen
• ./configure
• make
• sudo make install
• sudo /usr/local/bin/istatserver -d (daemon mode)

A default passcode is generated on install. It can be found in the preference file, which is generally located at /usr/local/etc/istatserver/istatserver.conf. iStat for iOS and iStat for macOS will ask for this passcode the first time you connect to your computer.

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istatserver is based on istatd by William Tisäter