Cricket Documentation

Installing Cricket for the Complete Beginner

Step by step instruction to get you started. If you have just downloaded the package and want to get it going, this is the document for you.

A Gentle Introduction to Cricket

Background information on what the config tree is, and why you should care.

The Cricket Reference

Everything there is to know about anything you'll ever find in a config tree. This is the Cricket Bible.

Perfmon Data Collection

Everything about collecting data from Win32 Perfmon in Cricket.

Running the Programs

Detailed information about command-line options and other useful tidbits.

Setting up New Devices in Cricket

How to extend Cricket's reach to every measurable thing at your site!

Understanding Instance Mapping

Cricket's instance mapping feature is perhaps one of its most innovative features. Here's more information about why you need it and how it works.

Running Cricket under mod_perl

Running Cricket's grapher under Apache mod_perl module can significantly improve interactive performance.

Installing Cricket on Win2K to Monitor WMI Counters

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standard on the Windows 2000 and Windows XP platform. And Cricket can support these technologies!

Understanding and Utilizing Cricket Monitor Thresholds

Cricket is more than just a data collection and real-time trending tool. Monitor Thresholds are an alert/alarm mechanism that can generate SNMP traps, or send email when warranted by data.

A technical paper on Cricket

This paper, presented at Usenix's First Conference on Network Administration, describes our motivation for writing Cricket, and gives an overview of the power of the config tree.

History

How Cricket came to be.

Licensing

Cricket is covered by the GNU General Public License.