Options dialog - General tab
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Options dialog - General tab
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Use settings on the General tab to specify general program options: 
Figure 1: General tab. Run as Windows Service Simple Failover can run as a Windows Service. This means you can have Simple Failover running without being logged into the computer. Please note: that the Simple Failover service runs under the SYSTEM user account, so all scripts and other actions taken by Simple Failover will be performed with that security context. As with other Windows services, you can start and stop the Simple Failover service using the Services management console (See Windows Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services). And you can start and stop it from a command prompt using NET START sfo and NET STOP sfo. Note: This option is not available on Windows 95, 98, and ME computers. When you first select this option, Simple Failover must be restarted before it runs as a Windows Service. 
Run at Windows startup/logon With this option enabled, Simple Failover will automatically be started when you startup Windows (if no logon is used) or as soon as you logon to Windows. Note: Only one of the two options Run as Windows Service or Run at Windows startup/logon can be enabled. Show system tray balloon tip when problem detected With this option enabled, Simple Failover will show a balloon tip notification from the system tray icon whenever a problem is detected. Note: This option only works on Windows ME, 2000, and later. Write problem events to Windows Event Log With this option enabled, Simple Failover will record problems detected to the Windows Event Log (see Windows Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Event Viewer). Note: This option is not available on Windows 95, 98, and ME computers. Lines in activity log view This number specifies the number of log lines available in the Activity Log tab. When this number of lines is exceeded, the oldest entries are removed to make room for new. The default setting is 100. Max. concurrent server connections This number defines the maximum number of Server Sets that may be polled at the same time. The default and recommended value is 10, but you may wish to adjust this depending on the number of server sets you have and the computer/network resources available. Enable HTTP API interface Use this setting to enable / disable the HTTP API interface. Local IP Specify the local IP address (on the computer running Simple Failover) that you wish Simple Failover to serve HTTP connections on. If you only want to enable access from the same computer, you can use 127.0.0.1. TCP Port Specify the TCP port number that you wish Simple Failover to serve HTTP connections on. Make sure to specify a port number that is not used by any other application or service on the computer. Note: To access the HTTP API interface, you must use the URL http://ip-address:port-number where ip-address is the Local IP field, and port-number is the TCP-port field from above. Password Here you can specify a password for the HTTP API interface (the user name is always admin or just blank). Leave the password field blank if you do not wish to password protect the HTTP API interface. Please note: the HTTP API interface is only available with the Professional license type. |
