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title: "Starting Infrasense(log sensor)"
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## Start Infrasense 

Go to the Infrasense installation’s binary directory. ***"cd /usr/local/thoughtdata/infrasense/bin"***

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Use cd to go to the binary directory

Use the command **"./infrasense_start.sh passive"** to start the service. This step takes a few seconds to complete.

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Infrasense_start passive

Use the "***./ps"*** command to verify the service is running as illustrated below.> Macro (inline-media-image)



Use **"./stats.sh"** to view Infrasense statistics.

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Start viewing infrasense logs

Check for the text **"Reporting Started". **If you see this text in the stats output, your Infrasense is successfully communicating to your Enterprise360 in your network.

Infrasense sensor also registers itself as a service during installation and upon next reboot of the machine runs a a service directly. To view if your Infrasense sensor is up and running. Perform following steps

Run **"service infrasense status"**

You can also run **"./ps"** under **"****/usr/local/thoughtdata/infrasense/bin"** to see all processes of Infrasense

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 check if your Infrasense and Infrasense APM server is running

If you see status as **Active** for Infrasense and see an entry for **infrasense** for **./ps** output. Your Infrasense sensor is running properly.