sensu-blog-MAAS-pt1

Sensu Monitoring As A Service: Pt 1

This repository is a companion for the similarly entitled blog post. Within you'll find the Sensu Core 1.4 configuration for a proxy-client based monitoring service

Provided Example Config

test-client.json

Basic client config for running client. This client will run check requests on behalf of all proxy clients that meet proxy_requests requirements inside the example checks.

http-proxy-request-simple.json

Basic example of how to use proxy-requests check attribute with proxy-clients.

• Required client subscription: roundrobin:proxy-request

• Required proxy client attributes: url

• Required proxy client subscription: http-proxy-client

http-proxy-request-full.json

More expressive proxy check using multiple optional proxy-client attributes

• Required client subscription: roundrobin:proxy-request

• Required proxy client attributes: url

• Required proxy client subscription: http-proxy-client

• Suggested proxy-client attribute: handler

http-proxy-slack.json

configuration needed for http-proxy-slack_handler.json from sensu-plugins-slack

You will need to provide the correct webhook_url at a minimum. Please see the Slack API usage documentation for how to create a new incoming webhook_url.

http-proxy-slack_handler.json

basic slack handler configuration using http-proxy-slack_handler.json from http-proxy-slack_handler.json

Proxy Client Management Exampple

Example Proxy Client Creation

curl -s -i -X POST -H \
'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"name":"proxy_sensu.io", "address":"unknown", "subscriptions":["http-proxy-request"], "environment":"development", "handler":"http-proxy-slack", "url":"https://sensu.io"}' \
http://127.0.0.1:4567/clients

Example Proxy Client Deletion

curl -s -i -X DELETE http://127.0.0.1:4567/clients/proxy_sensu.io