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diff --git a/health/notifications/slack/README.md b/health/notifications/slack/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad36ce3 --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/slack/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +<!-- +title: "Slack" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/slack/README.md +--> + +# Slack + +This is what you will get: + + +You need: + +1. The **incoming webhook URL** as given by slack.com. You can use the same on all your Netdata servers (or you can have multiple if you like - your decision). +2. One or more channels to post the messages to. + +To get a webhook that works on multiple channels, you will need to login to your slack.com workspace and create an incoming webhook using the [Incoming Webhooks App](https://slack.com/apps/A0F7XDUAZ-incoming-webhooks). +Do NOT use the instructions in <https://api.slack.com/incoming-webhooks#enable_webhooks>, as the particular webhooks work only for a single channel. + +Set the webhook and the recipients in `/etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf` (to edit it on your system run `/etc/netdata/edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf`), like this: + +``` +SEND_SLACK="YES" + +SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL="https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" + +# if a role's recipients are not configured, a notification will be send to: +# - A slack channel (syntax: '#channel' or 'channel') +# - A slack user (syntax: '@user') +# - The channel or user defined in slack for the webhook (syntax: '#') +# empty = do not send a notification for unconfigured roles +DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_SLACK="alarms" +``` + +You can define multiple recipients like this: `# #alarms systems @myuser`. +This example will send the alarm to: + +- The recipient defined in slack for the webhook (not known to Netdata) +- The channel 'alarms' +- The channel 'systems' +- The user @myuser + +You can give different recipients per **role** using these (at the same file): + +``` +role_recipients_slack[sysadmin]="systems" +role_recipients_slack[dba]="databases systems" +role_recipients_slack[webmaster]="marketing development" +``` + + |