From 8d4f58e49b9dc7d3545651023a36729de773ad86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 03:22:31 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.12.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- health/notifications/email/README.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 health/notifications/email/README.md (limited to 'health/notifications/email/README.md') diff --git a/health/notifications/email/README.md b/health/notifications/email/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..163839b --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/email/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +# email + +You need a working `sendmail` command for email alerts to work. Almost all MTAs provide a `sendmail` interface. + +netdata sends all emails as user `netdata`, so make sure your `sendmail` works for local users. + +email notifications look like this: + +![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2662304/18407294/e9218c68-7714-11e6-8739-e4dd8a498252.png) + +## configuration + +To edit `health_alarm_notify.conf` on your system run `/etc/netdata/edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf`. + +You can configure recipients in [`/etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/99d44b7d0c4e006b11318a28ba4a7e7d3f9b3bae/conf.d/health_alarm_notify.conf#L101). + +You can also configure per role recipients [in the same file, a few lines below](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/99d44b7d0c4e006b11318a28ba4a7e7d3f9b3bae/conf.d/health_alarm_notify.conf#L313). + +Changes to this file do not require netdata restart. + +You can test your configuration by issuing the commands: + +```sh +# become user netdata +sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata + +# send a test alarm +/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh test [ROLE] +``` + +Where `[ROLE]` is the role you want to test. The default (if you don't give a `[ROLE]`) is `sysadmin`. + +[![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Fhealth%2Fnotifications%2Femail%2FREADME&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)]() -- cgit v1.2.3