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diff --git a/health/notifications/email/Makefile.inc b/health/notifications/email/Makefile.inc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..95dc7cf2 --- /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 00000000..3470ba44 --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/email/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +<!--startmeta +custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/email/README.md" +meta_yaml: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/email/metadata.yaml" +sidebar_label: "Email" +learn_status: "Published" +learn_rel_path: "Alerting/Notifications/Agent Dispatched Notifications" +message: "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY, IT IS GENERATED BY THE NOTIFICATION'S metadata.yaml FILE" +endmeta--> + +# Email + + +<img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/email.png" width="150"/> + + +Send notifications via Email using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more. + + + +<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Netdata-%2300ab44" /> + +## Setup + +### Prerequisites + +#### + +- A working sendmail command is required 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. +- Access to the terminal where Netdata Agent is running + + + +### Configuration + +#### File + +The configuration file name for this integration is `health_alarm_notify.conf`. + + +You can edit the configuration file using the `edit-config` script from the +Netdata [config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/configure/nodes.md#the-netdata-config-directory). + +```bash +cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata +sudo ./edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf +``` +#### Options + +The following options can be defined for this notification + +<details><summary>Config Options</summary> + +| Name | Description | Default | Required | +|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:| +| EMAIL_SENDER | You can change `EMAIL_SENDER` to the email address sending the notifications. | netdata | no | +| SEND_EMAIL | Set `SEND_EMAIL` to YES | YES | yes | +| DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL | Set `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL` to the email address you want the email to be sent by default. You can define multiple email addresses like this: `alarms@example.com` `systems@example.com`. | root | yes | + +##### DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL + +All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured. +The `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_CUSTOM` can be edited in the following entries at the bottom of the same file: +```conf +role_recipients_email[sysadmin]="systems@example.com" +role_recipients_email[domainadmin]="domains@example.com" +role_recipients_email[dba]="databases@example.com systems@example.com" +role_recipients_email[webmaster]="marketing@example.com development@example.com" +role_recipients_email[proxyadmin]="proxy-admin@example.com" +role_recipients_email[sitemgr]="sites@example.com" +``` + + +</details> + +#### Examples + +##### Basic Configuration + + + +```yaml +#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +# email global notification options + +EMAIL_SENDER="example@domain.com" +SEND_EMAIL="YES" +DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL="recipient@example.com" + +``` + + +## Troubleshooting + +### Test Notification + +You can run the following command by hand, to test alerts configuration: + +```bash +# become user netdata +sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata + +# enable debugging info on the console +export NETDATA_ALARM_NOTIFY_DEBUG=1 + +# send test alarms to sysadmin +/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh test + +# send test alarms to any role +/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh test "ROLE" +``` + +Note that this will test _all_ alert mechanisms for the selected role. + + diff --git a/health/notifications/email/metadata.yaml b/health/notifications/email/metadata.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f0d4a62a --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/email/metadata.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +# yamllint disable rule:line-length +--- +- id: 'notify-email' + meta: + name: 'Email' + link: '' + categories: + - notify.agent + icon_filename: 'email.png' + keywords: + - email + overview: + notification_description: | + Send notifications via Email using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more. + notification_limitations: '' + setup: + prerequisites: + list: + - title: '' + description: | + - A working sendmail command is required 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. + - Access to the terminal where Netdata Agent is running + configuration: + file: + name: 'health_alarm_notify.conf' + options: + description: 'The following options can be defined for this notification' + folding: + title: 'Config Options' + enabled: true + list: + - name: 'EMAIL_SENDER' + default_value: 'netdata' + description: "You can change `EMAIL_SENDER` to the email address sending the notifications." + required: false + - name: 'SEND_EMAIL' + default_value: 'YES' + description: "Set `SEND_EMAIL` to YES" + required: true + - name: 'DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL' + default_value: 'root' + description: "Set `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL` to the email address you want the email to be sent by default. You can define multiple email addresses like this: `alarms@example.com` `systems@example.com`." + required: true + detailed_description: | + All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured. + The `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_CUSTOM` can be edited in the following entries at the bottom of the same file: + ```conf + role_recipients_email[sysadmin]="systems@example.com" + role_recipients_email[domainadmin]="domains@example.com" + role_recipients_email[dba]="databases@example.com systems@example.com" + role_recipients_email[webmaster]="marketing@example.com development@example.com" + role_recipients_email[proxyadmin]="proxy-admin@example.com" + role_recipients_email[sitemgr]="sites@example.com" + ``` + examples: + folding: + enabled: true + title: '' + list: + - name: 'Basic Configuration' + folding: + enabled: false + description: '' + config: | + #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + # email global notification options + + EMAIL_SENDER="example@domain.com" + SEND_EMAIL="YES" + DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL="recipient@example.com" + troubleshooting: + problems: + list: [] |