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Introduction to LiveBandwidth LiveBandWidth is a unique application which has been designed as an immediate solution for Web Hosting Companies, ISP's and for the owners of web servers who are faced with uncertainty in respect to traffic through their servers. Given the existing situation, some 90% of the internet-server owners (Window-based), are unaware of the bandwidth which is utilized by web sites hosted on their servers. This situation could cause substantial financial losses, deriving from the utilization of excess bandwidth by one or more of the web sites which are hosted by the server. In such a case, a specific web site may take up a bandwidth which could easily have satisfied dozens of sites, extreme cases of slowdown are caused on the server with a potential for system instability. The LiveBandWidth system enables a system administrators to easily identify sites which utilize the bandwidth of the server for their individual use in a monopolizing manner, for which added payment could be applied in view of excessive use. The system will thus enable hosting companies to identify web sites as consumers of substantial system resources. It could well be found, as a result, that your server is hosting users allowing the downloading of pornographic material, illegal software, or large-volume audio and video files. LiveBandWidth will help to keep your system clean of such illegal material. In addition, the LiveBandWidth system provides an ability to delete old log files, which, over time, may occupy the full capacity of your hard disc. LiveBandWidth operations are fully automatic. The software reads, nightly, data from the Metabase, and pulls the list of domains which exist on the IIS. A read is then executed of all log files of the domains defined on IIS, and the resultant data is then recorded to the system database. Using a web-based interface, the system administrator may then view, at any time, graphic status data of the bandwidth being utilized by the server, providing a general overview, and for each individual domain on the system specifically. The system administrator can then call for daily, monthly and annual reports - at server level and at single domain level. In addition, tools are available to the system administrator allowing a definition of days to keep log files, after which time such logs will be deleted, for each domain individually, and the setting of username and password, through which a site administrator may view and track the utilization of bandwidth at his site. LiveBandWidth was developed by LiveDns Ltd., in response to the problem of supervising the traffic of internet sites which are hosted on our servers. In view of the fact that such a system is not available on the internet, and without such a system hosting companies operate "blindly" without knowledge of the bandwidth utilized by the web sites being hosted, LiveDns took an executive decision, and over a period of one year, after an in-depth study by the company's experience engineers, completed the development of the system. The system is now offered for sale as an additional off-the-shelf product from the LiveDns software house. LiveBandWidth will save you money! The cost of the system will be returned immediately, as after purchase of the system and its installation on your server, you may be surprised to see that some web sites have managed to take over a bandwidth which is substantially higher than that which was allocated when the hosting package was originally purchased. In such case, you may immediately bill such user for the excess utilization of bandwidth. System Requirements Hardware: No special requirements for hardware. Software: Required software is Windows 2000/2003/XP with IIS 5.0 or above installed. NOTE: Make sure that the IIS is configured to log "sc-bytes" on the extended log properties. Software Installation *Customers who purchase a license will receive an e-mail with a unique serial number and a link of the LiveBandwidth installation file. 1. Use the link within your e-mail to Download the setup file. 2. Double click on the setup file to start the installation. 3. Press "Next" to continue to the license Agreement Screen. Please read the license agreement before you proceed. When you have completed reviewing the agreement and if you agree to the terms, click the checkbox next to "I accept" and press "Next" to continue with the installation of the software. 4. Follow the wizard. 5. Click "Finish" to complete the installation process. Installation successful! Web Installation Web interface Installation (Possible add-on): 1. In Windows Explorer browse to "c:\program files\LiveDns Ltd\livebandwidth\db". 2. Set read permissions for the IUSR_computerName to the application database (.mdb) file. 3. Create a virtual directory: 3.1. In the Internet Information Services dialog box, open the Web Sites node. 3.2. Right-click the Default Web Site node, click New, and then click Virtual Directory. 3.3. In the wizard, specify an alias that users will use with http:// protocol to access the files in the LiveBandWidthWeb folder. (Name the virtual directory: liveBW) 3.4. For the directory path, type or browse to the path of the LiveBandwidth folder, for example: C:\Program Files\LiveDns Ltd\LiveBandwidth\LiveBandWidthWeb 3.5. For access permissions, select Read and Run scripts. 3.6. Click Finish to create the virtual directory and close the wizard. Make sure the installation process set a schedule task to execute the software on Daily basis (configuring it to early morning hours will be the best solution). If for some reason, you have difficulties then set a schedule task under the server control panel. Run it as a system administrator. In order to view the bandwidth summary via the web interface, you will need to log into the web application. You may run the web application using this URL: http://serveraddress/liveBW/index.asp. Log files settings Important!!!! In order to view bandwidth data you must enable logging for all of the websites on your machine. Items which are marked in RED have errors and should be fixed locally by you using the IIS. If you see red lines, please use the following explanation to solve it: Windows 2000/2003: To enable logging on a Web site, follow these steps: 1. Start Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. 2. Expand ServerName, and then expand Web Sites. Right-click the Web site where you want to enable logging, and then click Properties. 3. Click the Web Site tab. 4. Click to select the Enable logging check box. 5. In the Active log format box, click the format that you want to use. 6. Click Properties, and then specify the settings that you want. For example, if you use W3C Extended log file format, follow these steps: a. If you are running IIS 6.0, click the General tab. If you are running IIS 5.0, click the General Properties tab. Specify the schedule that you want to use to create new log files to Daily basis. b. If you want to use local time, click to select the Use local time for file naming and rollover check box. Note Midnight local time is used for all log file formats except W3C Extended log file format. By default, W3C Extended log file format uses midnight Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). To use midnight local time, click to select the Use local time for file naming and rollover check box. c. If you are running IIS 6.0, click the Advanced tab. If you are running IIS 5.0, click the Extended Properties tab. d. Specify the options that you want. For example, specify the properties that are listed in the "Customize the data" section. Click OK. e. Click OK. By default, Enable Logging is selected and the format is W3C Extended Log File Format, With the following fields enabled for logging: Time, Client IP Address, Method, URI Stem, and HTTP Status. 7. To ensure that you have set it right, Click Extended Properties. Make sure the following properties are selected: Date, Time, Client IP Address, Method, URI Stem, HTTP Status,Bytes Received, Bytes Sent, User Agent, Referrer. Click Apply, and then click OK. Wait for the next time the console will be executed and check the web interface again. Now you should see the bandwidth utilization summary. Make these changes for all of your websites which are marked in red or make a global change for all of the websites. Wait for the next time that the console will be executed and check the web interface again. Now you should see the bandwidth utilization summary. Uninstall There are two ways to uninstall LiveBandwidth should you wish to do so. Control Panel Activate the Control Panel, double click Add/Remove Programs, and double click the LiveBandwidth entry in the list of programs. Start Menu From the Start menu, click Programs, then LiveBandwidth, and then Uninstall LiveBandwidth.
Using
LiveBandwidth
Main screen: Settings
>> Global Settings >> Monthly traffic limit
Request Technical Support You can also send an e-mail to support@livebandwidth.com .
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