# New to Sensu Go coming from Older Version

**URL:** <https://discourse.sensu.io/t/new-to-sensu-go-coming-from-older-version/3384>\
**Category:** Sensu Go\
**Created:** [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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**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/david/32/1012_2.png) [@david](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/david)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/new-to-sensu-go-coming-from-older-version/3384/1 "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 example:

```auto
{
   "checks":{
      "system-service":{
         "interval":60,
         "occurrences":3,
         "occurrences_watermark":3,
         "timeout":300,
         "ttl":360,
         "refresh":600,
         "retry_occurrences":3,
         "standalone":true,
         "command":"/etc/sensu/plugins/service_check.sh -H hostname -p 1144 -s service",
         "subscribers":[
            "X"
         ],
         "stdin":true,
         "handlers":[
            "service-hostname"
         ]
      }
   }
}

```

Looking over the new sensu go docker container, it is setup like the following:

```auto
docker run -v /var/lib/sensu:/var/lib/sensu -d --hostname hostname --name sensu-agent sensu/sensu:latest sensu-agent start --backend-url ws://hostname:8081 --log-level debug --subscriptions linux --api-host 0.0.0.0 --cache-dir /var/lib/sensu

```

Can the old monitors be integrated with Sensu Go or do I need to use the API system instead now? I am a bit lost at the moment.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/sensu/original/1X/ad88ecc0d60777fbbb8dad05fe976fca2a4d87b2.jpeg) [@system](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/new-to-sensu-go-coming-from-older-version/3384/2 "2025-05-10T23:40:49Z")

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