SenseDeep Setup
Registration
To use SenseDeep, you must first register for an account. This is a simple, one-time task that will take you just a few minutes.
To register for a SenseDeep account, go to the SenseDeep app and create your account at:
https://app.sensedeep.com/auth/register
You may register using an email address and password or you may use a social media account from Amazon, Facebook or Google.
When registering, you will be asked to enter an account name to identify this SenseDeep account.
Registration will create your SenseDeep account and a user login. Later, if you are doing a trial or are subscribed to the team plan, you can create additional logins for other users on your account.
Once registered, you will be logged in to the SenseDeep App and your evaluation trial will begin.
Evaluation Trial
Your evaluation trial lasts 14 days. During this time you can use the service for free. If you decide early to convert to a paid subscription, you will still receive the full free evaluation trial benefits.
Connecting Your Serverless and Log Data
To view your lambdas, logs and other cloud data, you must first grant access to the AWS accounts that you wish to manage.
SenseDeep needs limited access to your accounts so that it can inventory and manage your cloud resources.
Granting access consists of a simple, one-step process. Navigate to the Account / Clouds page and click “Add Cloud”.
IAM Role
SenseDeep connects to your AWS account by creating an IAM role which grants limited access to your account.
Connection Method
You can choose one of two connection methods. The first runs a CloudFormation template via the AWS console. The second uses existing AWS keys to run the template in the background.
If you select the CloudFormation option, you will be prompted to approve a CloudFormation template via the AWS console. When you click Save from this page, you will be prompted to confirm the action before being redirected to the AWS console in a new browser tab. After logging in, you need to confirm the Cloud Formation template parameters. When the template completes, return to the SenseDeep page to begin using the service. This will create an IAM role for use by SenseDeep on behalf of your account.
If you select the AWS Keys option, enter a set of AWS keys that have admin authority. These keys will temporarily be used to run the CloudFormation template in the background that will create the IAM role to grant SenseDeep controlled access to your account.
Once your cloud account is connected, SenseDeep will immediately begin discovering all your cloud resources. SenseDeep will rescan your cloud resources every minute and more frequently on some pages. If you re-save the cloud configuration, an immediate rescan of your cloud account will be performed.
Selecting Logs to Monitor
You can select a subset of logs and lambdas to monitor or you can select “All”. If you have a large AWS account that hosts many services, you may get better performance by select the subset that you wish to monitor and mange. You can do this by specifying a matching regular expression or tag set. You can also specify a pattern for resources to exclude.
Auto Discovery
Once your cloud account is connected, SenseDeep will immediately begin discovering all your cloud resources. SenseDeep will update your cloud resources every minute and more frequently on some pages of the UI. If you re-save the SenseDeep cloud configuration, an immediate rescan of your cloud account will be performed.
Cancelling SenseDeep
You can close your account at anytime from the Account Settings page. During closure, the AWS CloudFormation template will be removed with all associated resources.
To manually remove the AWS access role added to your cloud account, login to your AWS account and navigate to the CloudFormation page and select the SenseDeep stack name and then select the Delete Stack Action.