Sensu is an open-source monitoring tool used for monitoring infrastructure and application health. In this tutorial, we will be installing Sensu on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
Log in to your elementary OS system and update the system packages by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Sensu requires RabbitMQ, which is a message broker responsible for forwarding messages between different services. Install RabbitMQ by running the following command:
sudo apt install rabbitmq-server
After the installation is complete, start the RabbitMQ server and enable it to start at boot by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable rabbitmq-server
sudo systemctl start rabbitmq-server
Add the Sensu repository to your system by running the following command:
wget -q https://sensu.global.ssl.fastly.net/apt/pubkey.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://sensu.global.ssl.fastly.net/apt sensu main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sensu.list
Update the package list and install Sensu using the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install sensu
After the installation is complete, start the Sensu server and enable it to start at boot by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable sensu-server
sudo systemctl start sensu-server
Use the following command to install Sensu Client:
sudo apt install sensu-client
After the installation is complete, start the Sensu client and enable it to start at boot by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable sensu-client
sudo systemctl start sensu-client
In this tutorial, we have installed Sensu on Elementary OS Latest. Once the installation is complete, you can start using Sensu to monitor your infrastructure and applications.
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