General options
Use the General options node to configure:
- The retention period of the collected (Internet activity) data.
- The email alerting options.
Data Retention Options
Screenshot 10 - General options page
For monitoring and reporting, GFI WebMonitor collects and retains data related to web requests in memory. Unless the history data is reset, it can grow to a level which will affect the performance of GFI WebMonitor.
In GFI WebMonitor, you can reset the collected data in two ways:
- Automatically: GFI WebMonitor will automatically reset the collected data daily at midnight.
- Manually: You must reset the collected data by pressing a reset data button from GFI WebMonitor interface. You can reset the Internet activity data history whenever required by clicking on the Reset button included at the top of the monitoring reports accessible through the `Monitor' node: (i.e., Monitor } URL History, Monitor } User History and the Monitor } Last Web Access nodes).
To configure the data retention policy of GFI WebMonitor:
1. Click on the Configuration } General Options node.
2. Go to the 'Data Retention Options' section.
3. Select one of the following options:
- I will reset the Connection data history list manually - Select this option to manually reset the history data cache.
NOTE: It is recommended that the collected data is cleared at least once a week.
- Automatically reset the Connection data history list every day at midnight - Select this option to let GFI WebMonitor automatically reset the history data cache daily at midnight.
- Click on the Apply button to save the configuration settings.
NOTE: GFI WebMonitor can store up to a maximum of 3000 records in its website history cache. Exceeding the maximum limit will cause random deletion of information from the history cache. Whenever this happens, a "Data Overflow" message is displayed at the bottom of the URL History page.
Alerting Options
GFI WebMonitor will send an email notification on the occurrence of important events. Important email notifications include warnings when anti-virus definition files fail to update as well as warnings when the anti-virus license will be approaching expiry.
To configure the recipient and mail server settings to use for email notifications:
1. Click on the Configuration } General Options node.
2. Go to the 'Alerting Options' section.
3. Specify the following parameters:
- To: - Specify the address to where email notifications will be sent.
- From: - Specify the email address from where the email notification will be sent.
- SMTP Server: - Specify the IP address of the SMTP Server which will forward the email notifications.
- SMTP Port: - Specify the port through which the email transmission will take place.
3. Click on the Apply button to save your configuration settings.
Extended Alerting Options
GFI WebMonitor can be configured to send the target recipient email notifications every time the virus definitions are successfully downloaded and updated.
To enable extended Alerting Options:
1. Exit GFI WebMonitor interface.
2. Open the file named `WebMonCfg.TXT' in GFI WebMonitor installation directory.
3. Add the following entry in the [Notifications] area of the `WebMonCfg.TXT' file: `SendNotificationWhenUpdated=1'.
4. Save and close the file.
5. Restart the ISA Server Web Proxy Server (W3PROXY) from the Service Control Manager (Start } Settings } Control Panel } Administrative Tools } Services).
Screenshot 11 - Editing the WebMonCfg.TXT file
NOTE: To revert back to the default notification settings (i.e., send notifications only on failed virus signature updates) repeat the same process but this time remove the entry `SendNotificationWhenUpdated=1'.
