How to Install Sensu on Elementary OS Latest

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.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

An elementary OS Latest installed system
A terminal window opened
A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update System Packages

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install RabbitMQ

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

Step 3: Install Sensu

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

Step 4: Install Sensu Client

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

Conclusion

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.