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= Introduction =

QCG Application Monitoring is a service that helps to monitor progress of the long-running computational tasks. The system offers to end users an intuitive interface which presents dynamically updated tables and graphical objects such as graphs and images. The crucial feature of the QCG Application Monitoring system is no need to modify the monitored application. QCG Application Monitoring is integrated with other QCG infrastructure services, such as: [[http://www.qoscosgrid.org/trac/qcg-broker|QCG-Broker]], [[http://www.qoscosgrid.org/trac/qcg-notification| QCG-Notification]]. A detailed description is presented on this [[architecture|page]].

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= Main Features =
* graphical representation of application's progress,
* predefined monitoring schemas for most popular applications,
* does not require modifying appliations, 


= Installation
For the detailed information describing the installation procedure of QCG Application Monitoring service please visit:
* [[installation-guide-rpm|SL5/SL6 RPM]]
* [[installation-guide-sources|From sources]]

= Documentation
* [[user-guide|User guide]]