Minotaur is a web client for MON, a monitoring tool written by Jim Trocki.
The MON software is a general scheduler executing periodic tests on a set of services and triggers alarms when a problem occurs.
The scheduler can be consulted upon a simple textual protocol on a predefined port.
The web interface is based on this protocol. The CGI script (Common Gateway Interface) consults the scheduler and presents the results on a HTML way. By concern for efficiency, simplicity, compatibility and stability, the java, javascript, frame and other web avatars are not used.
To understand the web interface, you need to think about the following hierarchy: