CAT Startup

The CAT Installer puts a shortcut to the Carapace Application Tracker in the Programs/Carapace section of the startup menu. To start the system, navigate through the start menu and select the Carapace Application Tracker application.

Once started, an icon is displayed in the system tray:

Double-clicking this icon brings up a window which displays diagnostics from the CAT. The following example shows a typical startup listing:

Web Interface

The main user interface is accessed using a standard web browser to the configured HTTP port. The home page for the CAT is at cat.htm.

For example, if the CAT is running a machine with hostname cat.mycompany.com using the standard port 80 then the following URL will connect to the CAT top-level:

    http://cat.mycompany.com/cat.htm

The CAT includes a monitor to show the state of the various parts of the system. This appears as a hyperlink at the bottom of the CAT home page.

In order to connect to the CAT a valid user name and password must be known. On installation, an initial user is created.