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diff --git a/health/notifications/messagebird/README.md b/health/notifications/messagebird/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2be84159 --- /dev/null +++ b/health/notifications/messagebird/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +<!--startmeta +custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/messagebird/README.md" +meta_yaml: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/messagebird/metadata.yaml" +sidebar_label: "MessageBird" +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--> + +# MessageBird + + +<img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/messagebird.svg" width="150"/> + + +Send notifications to MessageBird 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 + +#### + +- An access key under 'API ACCESS (REST)' (you will want a live key), you can read more [here](https://developers.messagebird.com/quickstarts/sms/test-credits-api-keys/). +- 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 | +|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:| +| SEND_MESSAGEBIRD | Set `SEND_MESSAGEBIRD` to YES | YES | yes | +| MESSAGEBIRD_ACCESS_KEY | Set `MESSAGEBIRD_ACCESS_KEY` to your API key. | | yes | +| MESSAGEBIRD_NUMBER | Set `MESSAGEBIRD_NUMBER` to the MessageBird number you want to use for the alert. | | yes | +| DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD | Set `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD` to the number you want the alert notification to be sent as an SMS. You can define multiple recipients like this: +15555555555 +17777777777. | | yes | + +##### DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD + +All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured. + +You can then have different recipients per role, by editing `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD` with the number you want, in the following entries at the bottom of the same file: +```conf +role_recipients_messagebird[sysadmin]="+15555555555" +role_recipients_messagebird[domainadmin]="+15555555556" +role_recipients_messagebird[dba]="+15555555557" +role_recipients_messagebird[webmaster]="+15555555558" +role_recipients_messagebird[proxyadmin]="+15555555559" +role_recipients_messagebird[sitemgr]="+15555555550" +``` + + +</details> + +#### Examples + +##### Basic Configuration + + + +```yaml +#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +# Messagebird (messagebird.com) SMS options + +SEND_MESSAGEBIRD="YES" +MESSAGEBIRD_ACCESS_KEY="XXXXXXXX" +MESSAGEBIRD_NUMBER="XXXXXXX" +DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD="+15555555555" + +``` + + +## 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. + + |