# Sensu go not backend not starting as service

**URL:** <https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-not-backend-not-starting-as-service/1978>\
**Category:** Sensu Go\
**Created:** [July 31, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-not-backend-not-starting-as-service/1978 "2020-07-31T10:07:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![wabmca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/wabmca/32/330_2.png) [@wabmca](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/wabmca)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-not-backend-not-starting-as-service/1978/1 "2020-07-31T10:07:20Z")

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Hi, I have an issue: I’m not able to start sensu go Service when I changed Dashboard port to 443. It is working fine If I start it using sunsu-backend start command… I checked port 443 it’s free Please help

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**Author:** ![todd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/todd/32/936_2.png) [@todd](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/todd)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-not-backend-not-starting-as-service/1978/2 "2020-07-31T11:05:44Z")

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I assume the following means you are running this as root?

> It is working fine If I start it using sunsu-backend start command

When started as a service, it is running as the sensu user. The sensu user is non-privileged and cannot bind to listen to ports 1024 and below. If you want to have your dashboard available via port 443 you have a few options. These are listed in order of my personal preference.

1. Run a local NGINX or Apache HTTPD proxy that listens on port 443 and proxies to the sensu-backed on port 3000. Other options could include HAProxy or other load balancers (such as ELBv2 for AWS instances).

2. Use iptables (or whatever firewall/IP filtering is available on your server) to do the port forwarding.

3. Use `sudo setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=+eip /path/to/sensu-backend` to allow the sensu-backend binary to bind to ports 1024 and below. This is truly my least recommended method.

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**Author:** ![wabmca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/wabmca/32/330_2.png) [@wabmca](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/wabmca)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-not-backend-not-starting-as-service/1978/3 "2020-07-31T11:17:08Z")

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Perfect solution todd. Thanks tons.