Local Installation (with installer, default)

To install EventSentry with the installer, simply run the downloaded installer package, for example eventsentry_v281_stup.exe. After starting the installation and clicking NEXT you will be prompted to accept the license agreement.

Next you will have to enter your license key to proceed with the installation. This can either be a permanent license key (if you purchased EventSentry) or an evaluation license key. Make sure that you enter the license information accurately (we recommend copy/paste), since a single wrong character will invalidate the license.

After entering the license information you can configure email notifications so that EventSentry can email you alerts immediately after the installation. Specify the following information:

•	SMTP Sender Email: Emails sent from the agents will come from this email address. The $HOSTNAME variable will automatically be resolved to the actual host name of the monitored server or workstation.

•	SMTP Recipients Email: Specify the email addresses of recipients that should receive alerts. Separate multiple recipients with a comma (without spaces).

•	SMTP Server: Enter the host name or IP address of the SMTP server the agents should use to send out emails. If you leave this field blank then EventSentry will determine the mail server for the recipients automatically through DNS's MX records.

You can also specify whether you want to receive warnings, errors or both via email. Additional email options (format, backup SMTP servers, etc.) can be specified once EventSentry has been installed.

Clicking Next will bring you to the setup customization dialog that allows you to select the features that need to be installed and the directory where EventSentry will be installed to. To learn more about a feature and to determine whether you should install it or not, select the feature and review the Feature Description on the right hand side. For more details see Feature Descriptions in the next chapter.

Click the Change button to change the directory where EventSentry will be installed. The default location is C:\Program Files\EventSentry.

After clicking Next, the number of dialogs displayed during setup will depend on the features selected on the "Custom Setup" dialog.

For example, if Heartbeat Monitoring Agent was not selected, then the dialog allowing you to specify details about this feature will not be available.

As such, the dialogs illustrated below will appears as if all features (MSSQL as the database) were selected.

If the Heartbeat Monitoring Agent feature was selected, then you can specify an alternate user account the heartbeat agent will run under. By default, the heartbeat agent will run under the LocalSystem account, which might not be sufficient if you intend to monitor the status of remote EventSentry agents. In that case you are encouraged to specify a user account (DOMAIN\Username) with administrative privileges that the heartbeat agent can run under instead. You can leave both fields empty and the heartbeat agent will run under the LocalSystem account, and you can always change this setting at a later time.

If you selected to setup a MSSQL or MySQL database then you will need to point the installer to the database server and specify administrative credentials on the database server that will allow the installer to create a new database and associated objects such as tables, users and so forth. The ability to browse for a database server and to use "Windows Authentication" is only available if you selected the MSSQL option.

When you click Next, setup will attempt to connect to the database using the supplied credentials. If the connection succeeds, setup will show the next dialog which allows you to specify the database name for the EventSentry database and the passwords that will be used to connect to the database.

We highly recommend that you change the default passwords and supply your own passwords for the eventsentry_svc and eventsentry_web user.

If you selected to setup a virtual directory on IIS (which is needed in order to view the web reports), then clicking the Next button will bring you to the IIS Virtual Directory Setup dialog. If you selected either the MSSQL or MySQL database options then you can simply click Next here since the information you entered earlier is automatically filled in here.

If not, then you will need to enter the database server, database name and the password for the eventsentry_web user here. Notice that the URL where you can access the EventSentry web reports will displayed on the bottom of the dialog. You can point your browser to this URL after the installation has been completed to view the web reporting.

After clicking next you are ready to start the installation. It is recommended that you launch the management console after the installation is complete to customize EventSentry to your needs.