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---
- name: Install, configure and run Sensu backend in debug mode
  hosts: monitoring-sensu
  remote_user: centos
  become: true
  become_method: sudo
  collections: [sensu.sensu_go]
  roles:
     - role: backend
       backend_config:

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The Project

The goal of The Project is to provide a base-level project for folks with technical aptitude who want to start diving into systems administration.

The Instructions.

The instructions here are purposefully vague and only provided from a high-level overview. The goal is to work through the project and learn about commonly used technologies

1. Get a VM from a cloud provider. DigitalOcean, Amazon Lightsail, Hostgator, Godaddy, wherever. The goal here is that you must have SSH access to the box.

2. Purchase a domain name. You can use whatever provide you like: domains.google, namecheap.com, cloudflare.com. Again, it doesn't matter where you get the domain name.

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#!/bin/sh

create_sensu_user_group()
{
    # create sensu group
    set +e
        dscl . -list /Groups | grep "^_sensu" > /dev/null
        RC=$?
    set -e
    if [ "${RC}" != "0" ]; then

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[Unit]
Description=The Sensu Agent process.
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=sensu
Group=sensu
# Load env vars from /etc/default/ and /etc/sysconfig/ if they exist.

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ChaDevOps

Create your own check

We're going to do a few things here:

1. Monitor a single website
2. Create some proxy entities
3. Monitor those proxy entities

Before we get started, if you want to change the websites monitored here, you can. They're listed at the following:

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---
type: Entity
api_version: core/v2
metadata:
  name: sensu-docs
  namespace: demo
  labels:
    proxy_type: website
    url: https://docs.sensu.io
spec:

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---
api_version: core/v2
type: CheckConfig
metadata:
  namespace: demo
  name: check-http-proxy
spec:
  runtime_assets:
  - check-plugins
  command: check-http -u {{ .labels.url }} -r true

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Tupelo Honey Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients

Makes 10 biscuits

• 240 grams White Lily self-rising flour
• 12 grams sugar
• 2.5 grams teaspoon salt
• 75 grams chilled shortening (or butter), cut into pieces

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Tupelo Honey Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients

Makes 10 biscuits

• 2 cups White Lily self-rising flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup chilled shortening, cut into pieces (I use butter)

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api_version: core/v2
type: CheckConfig
metadata:
  namespace: demo
  name: check-http-google
spec:
  runtime_assets:
  - check-plugins
  command: check-http -u https://google.com -r true
  proxy_entity_name: "google.com"