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diff --git a/health/notifications/irc/Makefile.inc b/health/notifications/irc/Makefile.inc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23be721 --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/irc/Makefile.inc @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later + +# THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE Makefile +# IT IS INCLUDED BY ITS PARENT'S Makefile.am +# IT IS REQUIRED TO REFERENCE ALL FILES RELATIVE TO THE PARENT + +# install these files +dist_noinst_DATA += \ + irc/README.md \ + irc/Makefile.inc \ + $(NULL) + diff --git a/health/notifications/irc/README.md b/health/notifications/irc/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ea86e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/irc/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +# IRC + +This is what you will get: + +IRCCloud web client: + + +Irssi terminal client: + + + +You need: +1. The `nc` utility. If you do not set the path, netdata will search for it in your system `$PATH`. + +Set the path for `nc` in `/etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf` (to edit it on your system run `/etc/netdata/edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf`), like this: + +``` +#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +# external commands +# +# The full path of the nc command. +# If empty, the system $PATH will be searched for it. +# If not found, irc notifications will be silently disabled. +nc="/usr/bin/nc" + +``` + +2. Αn `IRC_NETWORK` to which your preffered channels belong to. +3. One or more channels ( `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_IRC` ) to post the messages to. +4. An `IRC_NICKNAME` and an `IRC_REALNAME` to identify in IRC. + +Set them in `/etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf` (to edit it on your system run `/etc/netdata/edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf`), like this: + +``` +#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +# irc notification options +# +# irc notifications require only the nc utility to be installed. + +# multiple recipients can be given like this: +# "<irc_channel_1> <irc_channel_2> ..." + +# enable/disable sending irc notifications +SEND_IRC="YES" + +# if a role's recipients are not configured, a notification will not be sent. +# (empty = do not send a notification for unconfigured roles): +DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_IRC="#system-alarms" + +# The irc network to which the recipients belong. It must be the full network. +IRC_NETWORK="irc.freenode.net" + +# The irc nickname which is required to send the notification. It must not be +# an already registered name as the connection's MODE is defined as a 'guest'. +IRC_NICKNAME="netdata-alarm-user" + +# The irc realname which is required in order to make the connection and is an +# extra identifier. +IRC_REALNAME="netdata-user" + +``` + +You can define multiple channels like this: `#system-alarms #networking-alarms`. +You can also filter the notifications like this: `#system-alarms|critical`. +You can give different channels per **role** using these (at the same file): + +``` +role_recipients_irc[sysadmin]="#user-alarms #networking-alarms #system-alarms" +role_recipients_irc[dba]="#databases-alarms" +role_recipients_irc[webmaster]="#networking-alarms" +``` + +The keywords `#user-alarms`, `#networking-alarms`, `#system-alarms`, `#databases-alarms` are irc channels which belong to the specified IRC network. + +[]() |