# Getting Started

**URL:** https://discourse.sensu.io/c/sensu-go/getting-started/25.md

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## [About the Getting Started category](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/about-the-getting-started-category/1355)

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**Author:** [@calebhailey](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/calebhailey)\
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Thanks for trying Sensu Go! If you have any questions about getting started with Sensu Go, or you’re stuck trying to follow one of the getting started guides, please let us know!

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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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## [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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## [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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## [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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## [Failed to request new refresh token ip:8080 connection refused](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/failed-to-request-new-refresh-token-ip-8080-connection-refused/3157)

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**Author:** [@subashd](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/subashd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/failed-to-request-new-refresh-token-ip-8080-connection-refused/3157 "2023-09-14T14:52:25Z")

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Hi, after the ssl certificates are exchanged on sensu backend cluster server , it shows following message “failed to request new refresh token …client returned ip:8080 connect connection refused” for sensuctl cluster he…

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## [Debug email asset](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/debug-email-asset/3153)

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**Author:** [@Ansgar\_Jazdzewski](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Ansgar_Jazdzewski)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/debug-email-asset/3153 "2023-09-05T13:17:37Z")

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Hey everyone, I’ve recently set up and configured the email handler in accordance with the manual provided here: \[manual Send email alerts with a pipeline - Sensu Docs\]. However, I’ve encountered an issue where I’m not …

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## [Issues installing sensu 6.10 on EKS](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/issues-installing-sensu-6-10-on-eks/3137)

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**Author:** [@vonschnappi](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/vonschnappi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/issues-installing-sensu-6-10-on-eks/3137 "2023-06-23T12:45:21Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to install sensu on EKS following the sensu k8s getting started. The issue I’m facing is that the backend readiness probe keeps failing with the following error: Readiness probe failed: command "wget --…

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## [How to use one check, but apply this check for two instance that running on one host?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-use-one-check-but-apply-this-check-for-two-instance-that-running-on-one-host/3130)

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**Author:** [@ruslanglaznyov](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/ruslanglaznyov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-use-one-check-but-apply-this-check-for-two-instance-that-running-on-one-host/3130 "2023-06-20T20:08:32Z")

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For instance: I have VPS and on this VPS I have two instances on nginx running on 5000 port and 3000 port. Also, I have an agent installed on this vps. I need the configuration to check these two instances on the same…

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## [Workshop issues](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/workshop-issues/3036)

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**Author:** [@robh](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/robh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/workshop-issues/3036 "2022-11-17T16:53:52Z")

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Hi, I’m new to Sensu and trying to get the sandbox workshop up and running. The first problem I came across was that mattermost wasn’t being provisioned correctly, this turned out to be because my container gets called…

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## [Installed sensu and unable to create username and password](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/installed-sensu-and-unable-to-create-username-and-password/3015)

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**Author:** [@Nafees\_Khan](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Nafees_Khan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/installed-sensu-and-unable-to-create-username-and-password/3015 "2022-11-09T15:29:00Z")

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I just installed sensu and unable to create username and password.I am installing with official sensu.io documentation. I am following this step Install Sensu - Sensu Docs and stucked at step 3 “initialize” export SE…

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## [How can you tell what version of sensu-go you're running](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-can-you-tell-what-version-of-sensu-go-youre-running/2963)

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**Author:** [@sinh](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/sinh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-can-you-tell-what-version-of-sensu-go-youre-running/2963 "2022-07-26T17:37:34Z")

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Hi - I’m trying to figure out how to identify the “version” of sensu-go that is currently running. I’m aware of that you can run the commercial release of sensu-go for free (up to 100 nodes) but there is no node restri…

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## [Sensu-go kubernetes helm chart](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-kubernetes-helm-chart/2858)

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**Author:** [@rivlinp](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/rivlinp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-kubernetes-helm-chart/2858 "2022-04-19T17:58:38Z")

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Hi, Has anyone here deployed sensu on kubernetes? I tried to follow this GitHub - sensu/sensu-k8s-quick-start but hitting the same issues mentioned in this PR GitHub - sensu/sensu-k8s-quick-start. Does anyone have a wor…

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## [The Sensu Backend service](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/the-sensu-backend-service/2567)

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**Author:** [@sameersingh](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/sameersingh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/the-sensu-backend-service/2567 "2021-05-13T06:49:54Z")

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systemctl status sensu-backend is failing with error vendor preset: disabled. Following is full error output: \[root@dcapmpocappptr1 sensu\]#systemctl list-unit-files | grep sensu-backend.service sensu-backend.service …

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## [CPU utilization goes high with handler](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/cpu-utilization-goes-high-with-handler/2532)

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**Author:** [@subashd](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/subashd)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/cpu-utilization-goes-high-with-handler/2532 "2021-04-13T19:54:41Z")

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Hi, I am using my own handler with command running on python. The handler is executed with checks. But the handler is running on only one node out of three node cluster. The node where the handler is executed has high c…

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## [Install Install Sensu docker image in K8S](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/install-install-sensu-docker-image-in-k8s/2531)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Van\_de\_Velde](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Tom_Van_de_Velde)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/install-install-sensu-docker-image-in-k8s/2531 "2021-04-08T17:48:20Z")

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I’m trying to setup a showcase for Sensu in K8s cluster. I followed de dose here Install Sensu - Sensu Docs Create namespace : sensu-system Created Deployment file \[\]$ cat sensu-backend.yaml apiVersion: apps/v…

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## [Could not impliment check execute only privileges](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/could-not-impliment-check-execute-only-privileges/2450)

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**Author:** [@nadeem](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/nadeem)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/could-not-impliment-check-execute-only-privileges/2450 "2021-02-17T13:10:52Z")

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I am trying to limit the privileges of a user so that it can only execute a check, no delete or create. With checks resource i can bind verbs “get”, “list”, “create”, “update”, “delete”. But with get and list user can’t…

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## [Filtering Events with sensuctl](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/filtering-events-with-sensuctl/2449)

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**Author:** [@nadeem](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/nadeem)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/filtering-events-with-sensuctl/2449 "2021-02-17T11:05:47Z")

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I am using OSS SensuGO. I want to filter all events in critical state for specific check while viewing in CLI with sensuctl. But as long as documentation and my testing, we can List all events with sensuctl event list …

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## [Installing Sensu in Docker Desktop on Windows 10](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/installing-sensu-in-docker-desktop-on-windows-10/2440)

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**Author:** [@jimbju](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/jimbju)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/installing-sensu-in-docker-desktop-on-windows-10/2440 "2021-02-12T06:51:29Z")

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Hi, I’ve followed the installation guide for docker (Install Sensu - Sensu Docs). I executed the “configure and start” command: docker run -v /var/lib/sensu:/var/lib/sensu -d --name sensu-backend -p 3000:3000 -p …

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## [Path of sensu-slack-handler in sensu-go-docker sandbox](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/path-of-sensu-slack-handler-in-sensu-go-docker-sandbox/2373)

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**Author:** [@max534](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/max534)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/path-of-sensu-slack-handler-in-sensu-go-docker-sandbox/2373 "2021-01-26T19:58:15Z")

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I’d like to complete the Tutorial https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/learn/learn-sensu-sandbox/ As I was not able to run the sandbox in virtualBox, I thought the docker compose sandbox, which is also in repo, is a ea…

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## [Sensu check: command not found](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-check-command-not-found/2370)

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**Author:** [@mietek](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/mietek)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-check-command-not-found/2370 "2021-01-06T13:29:15Z")

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All, could someone help me to pointing out what am I doing wrong here as my check based on my asset is giving my “command not found” and I cannot figure out why … NOTE: forum is not allowing more than 2 urls in the pos…

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## [Aggregate checking of a condition on a group of hosts](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/aggregate-checking-of-a-condition-on-a-group-of-hosts/2107)

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**Author:** [@cmusser](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/cmusser)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/aggregate-checking-of-a-condition-on-a-group-of-hosts/2107 "2020-10-26T20:11:16Z")

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Hi, I want to be alerted when a certain number of servers require a reboot. Ubuntu systems have an easy way to check this and my current setup has a simple check that returns a warning status whenever this condition exi…

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## [How to build oss-web-ui?](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-build-oss-web-ui/2083)

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**Author:** [@eshimizu](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/eshimizu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/how-to-build-oss-web-ui/2083 "2020-10-14T08:25:49Z")

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I’m trying to build oss-web-ui from source code. Manual said to use git clone to run process. I’ll use oss-web-ui at production network that cannot connect github. So I have to make any package that not depends on net…

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## [Proxy entities, multiple namespaces, sensu-agent on a single namespace](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/proxy-entities-multiple-namespaces-sensu-agent-on-a-single-namespace/1930)

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**Author:** [@Federico\_Almada](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Federico_Almada)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/proxy-entities-multiple-namespaces-sensu-agent-on-a-single-namespace/1930 "2020-07-07T00:37:58Z")

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New to Sensu here, and seems that even after reading documentation, I cannot get it right (and my approach might be mistaken from the go). This is my setup: VM1 which currently has sensu-backend, sensu-agent (on “defa…

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## [Approach for custom checks](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/approach-for-custom-checks/1804)

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**Author:** [@Shak](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Shak)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/approach-for-custom-checks/1804 "2020-05-26T11:10:35Z")

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I see existing plugins that will substitute nicely for my existing Monit checks (CPU, disk space, temps etc) but I’d like to leverage the platform further. However I’m struggling to figure out the standard approach to be…

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## [Unable to delete auto-generated rhel-client from sensu core 1.9](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/unable-to-delete-auto-generated-rhel-client-from-sensu-core-1-9/1797)

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**Author:** [@moiz](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/moiz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/unable-to-delete-auto-generated-rhel-client-from-sensu-core-1-9/1797 "2020-05-22T07:09:13Z")

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hi, we are using sensu core 1.9. even we did not added client name rhel-client in our environment is continuously displaying on sensu dashboard and also continuously triggering the email alerts. for keepalive and postgr…

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## [Sensu Sandbox Set-up](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-sandbox-set-up/1358)

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**Author:** [@Himz](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Himz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-sandbox-set-up/1358 "2019-09-16T14:06:17Z")

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Hi Team, New to Sensu, Working on Sandbox. Lesson #1 Created a Sensu monitoring event Lesson #2 —Don’t want slack------(ignored) “Lesson #3: Automate event production with the Sensu agent” Installed Nginx and the …