Requirement:

KSM is an UNIX tool written in C. To install KSM, you should have CURL support first. libcurl (v7.12.x above) should be installed before compiling KSM. If the installed libcul is below v7.12.x, the compilation of KSM fails.

The installation is very simple. Download KSM tarball and execute:

~> tar xfz ksm.tgz
~/ksm/> cd ksm
~/ksm/> gcc -o ksm ksm.c -lcurl

If everything goes smoothly, you get a executable binary file 'ksm'. Now, you can copy the file 'ksm' and 'ksm.conf' to preferred directory, for example '/usr/local/ksm'.

To start KSM, you should specify where the configure file is. If not supplied, it shows:

~/ksm/> ./ksm
KAAS Server Monitor VX.X (C)Copyright by Patrick (http://www.saintus.com)
Usage: ./ksm config_file
~/ksm/>

KSM dumps its confuration immediately after successfuly started. You should configure 'ksm.conf' before startup.

~/ksm/> ./ksm ksm.conf
KAAS Server Monitor VX.X (C)Copyright by Patrick (http://www.saintus.com)
  ALOHA_URL=http://127.0.0.1/index.html
  ALOHA_CMD=
  ALOHA_CHECK_TRUE=
  ALOHA_CHECK_FALSE=
  ALOHA_CHECK_DEFAULT=0

  KAAS_START_CMD=
  KAAS_START_FORK=YES
  CLIENT_GRACEFUL=0 seconds

  KAAS_REPORT_FILE=
  KAAS_REPORT_CMD=
  KAAS_REPORT_DELAY=0 seconds

  FAIL_NOTIFY_CMD=
  FAIL_NOTIFY_EMAIL=
  FAIL_EMAIL_TITLE=KSM Failure detected
  FAIL_NOTIFY_URL=
  PERSISTANT_NOTIFY=NO

  LOG_FILE=
  USE_SYSLOG=YES

  MAX_RETRY=1
  SCAN_INTERVAL=5 seconds
  VERBOSE=NO