# Sensu Go

**URL:** https://discourse.sensu.io/c/sensu-go/8.md

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## [Get Started (Kubernetes Resources)](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/get-started-kubernetes-resources/2033)

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**Author:** [@iryna](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/iryna)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/get-started-kubernetes-resources/2033 "2020-08-27T16:45:29Z")

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Find all the guidance you need as you navigate through the world of Kubernetes. Check out our community tips, blog posts, whitepapers, webinars, and more! Blog Posts: Migrating to Kubernetes Kubernetes 101 How Kubern…

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## [About the Sensu Go category](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/about-the-sensu-go-category/986)

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**Author:** [@MegHartley](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/MegHartley)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/about-the-sensu-go-category/986 "2021-07-01T08:31:06Z")

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Use this category to ask any and all questions about Sensu Go.

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## [GONE - Sensu stickers free to a good home](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/gone-sensu-stickers-free-to-a-good-home/3414)

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**Author:** [@todd](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/todd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/gone-sensu-stickers-free-to-a-good-home/3414 "2026-03-18T14:57:10Z")

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I’ve deleted the text of this post since the stickers are gone now and I cannot delete the actual post (other than flagging it for a moderator).

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## [Sensu Go is Unmaintained](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-is-unmaintained/3411)

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**Author:** [@todd](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/todd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-is-unmaintained/3411 "2026-02-12T15:10:06Z")

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In case people are not watching the GitHub repo for Sensu Go. This was posted by a former Sensu employee who did a large amount of the development. It’s been obvious for a while, but some official announcement would …

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## [Official install not working for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/official-install-not-working-for-ubuntu-24-04-lts/3246)

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**Author:** [@ceda](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/ceda)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/official-install-not-working-for-ubuntu-24-04-lts/3246 "2026-02-09T08:32:05Z")

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I’ve always used Ansible to set up an APT/DEB repo to pull sensu go agents from, but the snippet below no longer works. At Sensu | Sensu Go Downloads the “latest” support distro/packaging is Focal. Any plans on creating …

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## [Trouble starting Sensu Go Agent](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/trouble-starting-sensu-go-agent/1651)

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**Author:** [@todd](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/todd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/trouble-starting-sensu-go-agent/1651 "2026-02-09T08:27:06Z")

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From pfak in the the Sensu Community Slack: Having trouble starting sensu-go-agent (5.16.1-8521) on ubuntu 18.04: Feb 29 16:25:09 kvm sensu-agent\[17396\]: {"component":"agent","error":"error creating agent: error compac…

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## [Sensu-Go Web UI Sesssion Timeout](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-web-ui-sesssion-timeout/3397)

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**Author:** [@jawad.rajput](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/jawad.rajput)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-web-ui-sesssion-timeout/3397 "2025-06-02T20:52:00Z")

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Description of your problem After upgrade to sensu-go 6.12, the Web UI session is getting expired every few minutes. Could not find any reference to UI session time out config. Upgrading to 6.13 also did not resolve the …

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## [Bonsai API Auth?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/bonsai-api-auth/3386)

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**Author:** [@madhatter22](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/madhatter22)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/bonsai-api-auth/3386 "2025-05-09T16:30:08Z")

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I’m trying to use the Bonsai API to trigger a rebuild as documented here - API documentation. That says Currently, the Bonsai Asset Index application does not authenticate the caller making requests to the endpoints, an…

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## [How does proxy entity and checks work? I am not getting events generated](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-does-proxy-entity-and-checks-work-i-am-not-getting-events-generated/3381)

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**Author:** [@Uday\_Singh](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Uday_Singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-does-proxy-entity-and-checks-work-i-am-not-getting-events-generated/3381 "2025-05-09T16:22:27Z")

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I’m currently working on the Sensu backend server and don’t have agents installed, as they require additional hardware. I need to learn about the observability pipeline chain, including checks, events, handlers, etc. I …

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## [Any news on Sensu Go plans?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/any-news-on-sensu-go-plans/3385)

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**Author:** [@madhatter22](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/madhatter22)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/any-news-on-sensu-go-plans/3385 "2025-04-22T12:51:19Z")

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Asking this question again to check if anyone has any new info. Does SumoLogic have any plans for Sensu Go?

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## [New to Sensu Go coming from Older Version](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/new-to-sensu-go-coming-from-older-version/3384)

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**Author:** [@david](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/david)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/new-to-sensu-go-coming-from-older-version/3384 "2025-04-10T23:40:24Z")

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Hello all! I am happy to be here! I am used to an old antiquated version of Sensu and I am moving to Sensu Go. Previously, my Sensu Agents would pull down .json files which I would use to monitor a service endpoint. For…

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## [Sensu Go Resources for Kubernetes (Helm Chart, Operator, etc.)](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-resources-for-kubernetes-helm-chart-operator-etc/2950)

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**Author:** [@kespineira](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/kespineira)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-resources-for-kubernetes-helm-chart-operator-etc/2950 "2025-03-10T19:54:55Z")

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Hello everyone, I am trying to deploy Sensu Go in Kubernetes and I am wondering if there is a Helm Chart or an Operator for Kubernetes that facilitates the installation of a cluster since I am having several problems wi…

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## [Are teams a high-level concept?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/are-teams-a-high-level-concept/3335)

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**Author:** [@wedwards](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/wedwards)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/are-teams-a-high-level-concept/3335 "2025-02-06T15:51:13Z")

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We use a single Sensu Go instance for multiple teams. Currently, one team receives all alerts - as a single handler is set up. Now, I want to create an additional handler for the other team, and make sure they receive …

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## [Bonsai is broken, again](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/bonsai-is-broken-again/3304)

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**Author:** [@todd](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/todd)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/bonsai-is-broken-again/3304 "2025-01-11T21:50:33Z")

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I’ve updated one of my assets and Bonsai is stuck doing a recompile releases. It’s been like this since last night.

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## [How to monitor services running on sensu backend server?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-monitor-services-running-on-sensu-backend-server/3305)

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**Author:** [@Uday\_Singh](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Uday_Singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-monitor-services-running-on-sensu-backend-server/3305 "2025-01-10T10:46:29Z")

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Hi All, I have configured sensu backend on a server which already hosted some other services. And I wanted to add checks on those services as well. For this I updated backend server’s entity and added subscription (this…

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## [Cannot access RPM repo on packagecloud.io](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/cannot-access-rpm-repo-on-packagecloud-io/3301)

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**Author:** [@nicku](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/nicku)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/cannot-access-rpm-repo-on-packagecloud-io/3301 "2024-12-13T03:00:41Z")

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Sensu Go Topic Template Description of your problem I am trying to build a local mirror of the sensu repository for our systems without Internet access. After generating an RPM yum repo file from the script for Rocky 9,…

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## [How to recover the sensu go admin password if it has been forgotten](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-recover-the-sensu-go-admin-password-if-it-has-been-forgotten/3298)

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**Author:** [@ice](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/ice)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-recover-the-sensu-go-admin-password-if-it-has-been-forgotten/3298 "2024-12-10T22:26:44Z")

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Recover the sensu go admin password I have searched the docs and googled for an answer. Cannot find a solution to this problem. Description of your problem Cannot complete # sensuctl configure successfully as the passw…

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## [Where does Sensu store event logs on the Sensu Server disk?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/where-does-sensu-store-event-logs-on-the-sensu-server-disk/3283)

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**Author:** [@Nilesh\_B1](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Nilesh_B1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/where-does-sensu-store-event-logs-on-the-sensu-server-disk/3283 "2024-11-21T16:12:28Z")

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Where does Sensu store event logs on the Sensu Server disk for tracking?

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## [Getting multiple passing alerts if it resolve before the event.occurance that we defined in filter i:e 10](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/getting-multiple-passing-alerts-if-it-resolve-before-the-event-occurance-that-we-defined-in-filter-i-e-10/3234)

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**Author:** [@sensu-tester](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/sensu-tester)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/getting-multiple-passing-alerts-if-it-resolve-before-the-event-occurance-that-we-defined-in-filter-i-e-10/3234 "2024-07-08T14:21:14Z")

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Issue Summary: We are facing an issue with email alerting in Sensu Go related to CPU checks. Details: Check Configuration: We have configured a CPU check with the following thresholds: Warning: 80% Critical: 90% Pr…

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## [Sensu-email-handler asset hash changed, but no new release?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-email-handler-asset-hash-changed-but-no-new-release/3224)

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**Author:** [@teutat3s](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/teutat3s)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-email-handler-asset-hash-changed-but-no-new-release/3224 "2024-06-28T18:30:33Z")

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Description of your problem While setting up a new sensu-backend and testing our email handler with the sensu-email-handler asset, we noticed a hash mismatch. There hasn’t been a new release from what I can see on GitHub…

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## [Getting the Error 401](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/getting-the-error-401/3232)

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**Author:** [@rkazmi](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/rkazmi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/getting-the-error-401/3232 "2024-06-24T09:45:25Z")

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Question) I am getting the following error Error: failed to request new refresh token; client returned ‘The server returned the error: 401 Unauthorized’ Environmental information Version 6.10 Operating system informat…

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## [Is Sensu Go still alive?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/is-sensu-go-still-alive/3198)

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**Author:** [@jedi](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/jedi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/is-sensu-go-still-alive/3198 "2024-05-01T12:54:21Z")

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Is Sensu Go still going? Last commit to github: 8 months ago Last announcement: 10 months ago Founder left: 16 months ago Secret 6.11 release in January 2024 without an announcement. Should we go looking for somethin…

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## [Sensu backend not picking up subscriptions added to a host's agent.yml](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-backend-not-picking-up-subscriptions-added-to-a-hosts-agent-yml/1846)

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**Author:** [@amccrea](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/amccrea)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-backend-not-picking-up-subscriptions-added-to-a-hosts-agent-yml/1846 "2024-04-27T17:02:30Z")

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I have a host that had a subscriptions in its agent.yaml configuration. Sensu sees that subscription just fine. I added two more subscriptions to the agent.yml file, and restarted the sensu agent. The sensu backend does…

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## [How to configure the email alert (SMTP config) while exit 2 code (error occured) for service check](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-configure-the-email-alert-smtp-config-while-exit-2-code-error-occured-for-service-check/3210)

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**Author:** [@sensu-tester](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/sensu-tester)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-configure-the-email-alert-smtp-config-while-exit-2-code-error-occured-for-service-check/3210 "2024-04-24T18:38:55Z")

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I Created a simple service check bash script in all the agents in /opt/sensu/ path service check script is an example to test the SMTP config for exit code #!/bin/bash # Check if nginx service is running if systemctl …

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## [Configure sensu in AWS ECS service](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/configure-sensu-in-aws-ecs-service/3215)

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**Author:** [@sathish\_panchabakesa](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/sathish_panchabakesa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/configure-sensu-in-aws-ecs-service/3215 "2024-04-22T07:46:44Z")

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I am configuring sensuGo in AWS ECS. So, I am planning to use an external etcd for storing configuration. Can you suggest how to configure external etcd for Sensu backend running as a container?

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## [How to increae number of license before expired?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-increae-number-of-license-before-expired/3205)

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**Author:** [@shigeru](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/shigeru)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-increae-number-of-license-before-expired/3205 "2024-04-15T15:16:09Z")

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Sensu Go Topic Template Make sure to read the docs before asking your question. Please be kind and remember that this those helping you are volunteers. Description of your problem How to increase number of license befor…

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## [Amazon Linux 2 "No package sensu-go-agent available"](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/amazon-linux-2-no-package-sensu-go-agent-available/3184)

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**Author:** [@turkey\_automation](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/turkey_automation)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/amazon-linux-2-no-package-sensu-go-agent-available/3184 "2024-04-09T22:53:05Z")

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Hi, I am unable to install sensu-go-agent on Amazon Linux 2. Here’s the OS related info: NAME="Amazon Linux" VERSION="2" ID="amzn" ID\_LIKE="centos rhel fedora" VERSION\_ID="2" PRETTY\_NAME="Amazon Linux 2" ANSI\_COLOR="0;…

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## [Sensu checks are running intermittently , is not running as scheduled](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-checks-are-running-intermittently-is-not-running-as-scheduled/3182)

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**Author:** [@Shivani\_Bhardwaj](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Shivani_Bhardwaj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-checks-are-running-intermittently-is-not-running-as-scheduled/3182 "2024-04-09T21:46:57Z")

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I’m using sensu-server and sensu-agent of version 6.4.2. Below is my setup. 3 node sensu-backend / etcd cluster 3 node cluster of sensu-server 11 agents running in 11 nodes I’m facing an issue where all of a sudden a…

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## [How to modify the Sensu WebUI timeout](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-modify-the-sensu-webui-timeout/3180)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Sylvestre](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Michael_Sylvestre)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-modify-the-sensu-webui-timeout/3180 "2024-02-03T18:51:56Z")

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Description of your problem When logged into the WebUI, the timeout is approximately 5 minutes no matter if active or not. Would like to know how to modify this timeout value. Description of steps you’ve taken to attemp…

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## [Can't start Sensu cluster via config-file with in values that work via command line](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/cant-start-sensu-cluster-via-config-file-with-in-values-that-work-via-command-line/3177)

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**Author:** [@Anders\_Lundberg](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Anders_Lundberg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/cant-start-sensu-cluster-via-config-file-with-in-values-that-work-via-command-line/3177 "2024-01-11T09:16:15Z")

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Hi. I’m trying to create a Sensu cluster as a proof of concept. I’m trying to set up this locally on my computer by using “Docker Desktop”. When using the example command line to start sensu, it works without issue (No…

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