# Sensu Setup Steps

- Run terraform in 095-instance-sensu to spin up the server and other resources
- Ensure the RPMs are located on the reposerver
- Run prep Salt states
    - `salt sensu*com saltutil.sync_all`
    - `salt sensu*com saltutil.pillar_refresh`
    - `salt sensu*com state.sls os_modifications`
    - `salt sensu*com state.highstate`
- Run Salt state sensu_master to install sensu from reposerver
    - `salt sensu*com state.sls sensu_master`
- Run post-installation commands as root user on Sensu server to setup the backend
    - Get the password from Vault to input
    - Init the backend `sensu-backend init --interactive`
    - prep to login `vim sensu-password`
    - Log in via sensuctl `sensuctl configure -n --username 'admin' --password $( cat sensu-password ) --namespace default --url 'https://127.0.0.1:8080' --insecure-skip-tls-verify`
    - Setup OIDC auth ( no TF support for this call ) `sensuctl create -f /etc/sensu/conf.d/oidc-okta.yml`
    - Opt-out of stats `sensuctl tessen opt-out --skip-confirm`
    - Clean up password `echo "" > sensu-password`
    - Log out of sensuctl `sensuctl logout`
- Run Terraform in 096-sensu-configuration to configure the software
    - On your laptop, put the sensu password in the SENSU_PASSWORD environment var 
    - `export SENSU_PASSWORD='password'`