From c69cb8cc094cc916adbc516b09e944cd3d137c01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:08:07 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.29.3. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- health/notifications/email/Makefile.inc | 12 +++++++ health/notifications/email/README.md | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 health/notifications/email/Makefile.inc create mode 100644 health/notifications/email/README.md (limited to 'health/notifications/email') diff --git a/health/notifications/email/Makefile.inc b/health/notifications/email/Makefile.inc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..95dc7cf --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/email/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 += \ + email/README.md \ + email/Makefile.inc \ + $(NULL) + diff --git a/health/notifications/email/README.md b/health/notifications/email/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..827a9c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/email/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ + + +# 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 a 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`. + +Note that in versions before 1.16, the plugins.d directory may be installed in a different location in certain OSs (e.g. under `/usr/lib/netdata`). +You can always find the location of the alarm-notify.sh script in `netdata.conf`. + +## Simple SMTP transport configuration + +If you want an alternative to `sendmail` in order to have a simple MTA configuration for sending emails and auth to an existing SMTP server, you can do the following: + +- Install `msmtp`. +- Modify the `sendmail` path in `health_alarm_notify.conf` to point to the location of `mstmp`: +``` +# The full path to the sendmail command. +# If empty, the system $PATH will be searched for it. +# If not found, email notifications will be disabled (silently). +sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp" +``` +- Login as netdata : +```sh +(sudo) su -s /bin/bash netdata +``` +- Configure `~/.msmtprc` as shown [in the documentation](https://marlam.de/msmtp/documentation/). +- Finally set the appropriate permissions on the `.msmtprc` file : +```sh +chmod 600 ~/.msmtprc +``` + +[![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