the-5-minute-sensu-install.md

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The 5-minute Sensu Install

Although Sensu’s architecture is one of its most compelling features, and the installation guide can help you get Sensu installed in a variety of configurations in any operating environment, you might not actually care about any of that until you can get Sensu up and running in a testing and/or development environment and try it out. This installation guide is intended to help you install Sensu in 5 minutes or less, or we'll give you your money back, guaranteed.

Install Sensu in 5 minutes or less, or we'll give you your money back, guaranteed.

After completing the steps in this guide, you will have a fully functional Sensu Core installation in a standalone configuration.

• Installation Requirements
• Install Sensu in 5-minutes or less
• Next Steps

Installation Requirements

What will you need to complete the 5-minute Sensu install?

• A virtual machine, or physical computer running 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 with a minimum of 2GB of memory (4GB recommended)
• Familiarity with a modern command-line interface
• 5 minutes (the amount of time it should take to complete this installation guide)

Ready? Let's get started!

Install Sensu in 5-minutes or less

The following installation steps will help you get Sensu Core installed in a standalone on a system running Ubuntu 14.04, only. For installation on other platforms, and/or alternative installation configurations, please consult the installation guide.

1. Install Redis (>= 1.3.14) from the distribution repository:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get -y install redis-server curl jq

2. Install the Redis init scripts using the update-rc.d utility, and start Redis:

   sudo update-rc.d redis-server defaults
   sudo /etc/init.d/redis-server start

3. Download and install Sensu using wget and dpkg:

   wget https://core.sensuapp.com/apt/pool/sensu/main/s/sensu/sensu_0.22.1-1_amd64.deb
   sudo dpkg -i sensu_0.22.1-1_amd64.deb

   Verify that Sensu is installed by running the following command:

   /opt/sensu/bin/sensu-server --version

4. Configure Sensu by copying the following example configuration file contents to /etc/sensu/config.json:

   {
     "redis": {
       "host": "localhost"
     },
     "transport": {
       "name": "redis"
     },
       "api": {
       "host": "localhost",
       "port": 4567
     }
   }

5. Configure the Sensu client copying the following example configuration file contents to /etc/sensu/conf.d/client.json:

   {
     "client": {
       "name": "test",
       "address": "localhost",
       "subscriptions": [
         "test"
       ]
     }
   }

6. Make sure that the sensu user owns all of the Sensu configuration files:

   sudo chown -R sensu:sensu /etc/sensu

7. Start the Sensu services

   sudo /etc/init.d/sensu-server start
   sudo /etc/init.d/sensu-api start
   sudo /etc/init.d/sensu-client start

8. Verify that your installation is ready to use by querying the Sensu API using the curl utility (and piping the result to jq):

   curl http://localhost:4567/clients | jq .

   If the Sensu API returns a JSON array of Sensu clients similar to this:

   $ curl http://localhost:4567/clients | jq .
   
     % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                    Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
   100   106  100   106    0     0  14026      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 15142
   [
     {
       "timestamp": 1458593707,
       "version": "0.22.1",
       "subscriptions": [
         "test"
       ],
       "address": "localhost",
       "name": "test"
     }
   ]

   ...you have successfully installed and configured Sensu!

Next Steps

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