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diff --git a/health/notifications/gotify/README.md b/health/notifications/gotify/README.md index d01502b6..4f6760f6 100644 --- a/health/notifications/gotify/README.md +++ b/health/notifications/gotify/README.md @@ -1,66 +1,49 @@ -<!-- -title: "Send notifications to Gotify" -description: "Send alerts to your Gotify instance when an alert gets triggered in Netdata." -sidebar_label: "Gotify" -custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/gotify/README.md -learn_status: "Published" -learn_topic_type: "Tasks" -learn_rel_path: "Setup/Notification/Agent" -learn_autogeneration_metadata: "{'part_of_cloud': False, 'part_of_agent': True}" ---> - -# Send notifications to Gotify +# Gotify agent alert notifications -[Gotify](https://gotify.net/) is a self-hosted push notification service created for sending and receiving messages in real time. - -## Configuring Gotify +Learn how to send alerts to your Gotify instance using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more. -### Prerequisites +> ### Note +> +> This file assumes you have read the [Introduction to Agent alert notifications](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/notifications/README.md), detailing how the Netdata Agent's alert notification method works. -To use Gotify as your notification service, you need an application token. -You can generate a new token in the Gotify Web UI. +[Gotify](https://gotify.net/) is a self-hosted push notification service created for sending and receiving messages in real time. -### Configuration +This is what you will get: -To set up Gotify in Netdata: +<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/103264516/162509205-1e88e5d9-96b6-4f7f-9426-182776158128.png" alt="Example alarm notifications in Gotify" width="70%"></img> -1. Switch to your [config -directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/configure/nodes.md) and edit the file `health_alarm_notify.conf` using the edit config script. - - ```bash - ./edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf - ``` +## Prerequisites -2. Change the variable `GOTIFY_APP_TOKEN` to the application token you generated in the Gotify Web UI. Change -`GOTIFY_APP_URL` to point to your Gotify instance. +You will need: - ```conf - SEND_GOTIFY="YES" +- An application token. You can generate a new token in the Gotify Web UI. +- terminal access to the Agent you wish to configure - # Application token - # Gotify instance url - GOTIFY_APP_TOKEN=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - GOTIFY_APP_URL=https://push.example.de/ - ``` +## Configure Netdata to send alert notifications to Gotify - Changes to `health_alarm_notify.conf` do not require a Netdata restart. - -3. Test your Gotify notifications configuration by running the following commands, replacing `ROLE` with your preferred role: +> ### Info +> +> This file mentions editing configuration files. +> +> - To edit configuration files in a safe way, we provide the [`edit config` script](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/configure/nodes.md#use-edit-config-to-edit-configuration-files) located in your [Netdata config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/configure/nodes.md#the-netdata-config-directory) (typically is `/etc/netdata`) that creates the proper file and opens it in an editor automatically. +> Note that to run the script you need to be inside your Netdata config directory. +> +> It is recommended to use this way for configuring Netdata. - ```sh - # become user netdata - sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata +Edit `health_alarm_notify.conf`, changes to this file do not require restarting Netdata: - # send a test alarm - /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh test ROLE - ``` +1. Set `SEND_GOTIFY` to `YES` +2. Set `GOTIFY_APP_TOKEN` to the app token you generated +3. `GOTIFY_APP_URL` to point to your Gotify instance, for example `https://push.example.domain/` - 🟢 If everything works, you'll see alarms in Gotify: +An example of a working configuration would be: -  +```conf +SEND_GOTIFY="YES" +GOTIFY_APP_TOKEN="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" +GOTIFY_APP_URL="https://push.example.domain/" +``` - 🔴 If sending the test notifications fails, check `/var/log/netdata/error.log` to find the relevant error message: +## Test the notification method - ```log - 2020-09-03 23:07:00: alarm-notify.sh: ERROR: failed to send Gotify notification for: hades test.chart.test_alarm is CRITICAL, with HTTP error code 401. - ``` +To test this alert refer to the ["Testing Alert Notifications"](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/notifications/README.md#testing-alert-notifications) section of the Agent alert notifications page. |