xStarter is an advanced automation tool that allows system administrators to automate their repetitive tasks. The program uses its built-in scheduler to automate backups, file archiving, synchronizing files and folders via FTP, starting specific applications and controlling their output and more. This saves you time and effort. Yet, a system administrator must often control hundreds of computers. In most cases, you need to run quite Similar maintenance tasks on all of the computers in your organization. This is why you need an option to prepare a task once and then deploy it to remote PCs.
Key features
Remote Control.
With Web Pilot it will be possible to create, edit and run tasks on remote computers, view tasks and tasks logs, enable and disable tasks.
Edit remote tasks.
Tasks from remote computers can be created and edited direclty on local computer. Additionally this tasks be downloaded for local editing and use. It's possible to upload edited tasks back to the remote computer.
Integrated HTTP Server.
To control remote tasks, you don't need any additional software. The Web Pilot version contains an integrated HTTP server, so it's possible to control your xStarter tasks from any PC with an Internet browser. Additionally, you can also start your tasks from another web server and from PHP, Perl, ASP scripts.
Server side scripts.
xStarter tasks can play the role of Server side scripts. You don't need to know PHP or Perl to create PC automation scripts. Each Web Pilot task can receive commands from Web forms.
Security.
xStarter Web Pilot contain full support for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). It's possible to limit access to your PC using special IP address list.
