Getting started · 7 min read

Deploy your first Linivo sensor

Sensors are the bridge between your network and Linivo Cloud, feeding both monitoring and detection. Here's how to size, place and install one.

What you'll need

Outbound HTTPS (443) access to app.linivo.net
A Linux host or VM (2 vCPU / 4GB RAM minimum) with network access to the devices you want to watch
A pairing token from Settings > Sensors > Add sensor

Choose where the sensor lives

Place the sensor as close as possible to the devices it will poll and to the traffic it will see; a sensor on the wrong side of a WAN link adds latency to every poll and can miss flow exports that don't route through it.

Install the sensor

Run the one-line install command from the setup wizard, which pulls the sensor image, applies your pairing token, and starts the service.

curl -sSL https://get.linivo.net/sensor | bash -s -- --token $PAIRING_TOKEN

Open the ports it needs

The sensor needs outbound HTTPS to Linivo Cloud, plus whatever inbound protocols you plan to use locally: SNMP (UDP/161), NetFlow/IPFIX (UDP/2055 or 4739), and syslog (UDP/514 or TCP/6514 for TLS).

Confirm registration

Check Settings > Sensors for a green "Connected" status. If it stays gray after a few minutes, verify outbound HTTPS isn't being blocked by an egress firewall or proxy.

Connect Linivo to your existing network