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-title: "Messagebird"
-sidebar_label: "Messagebird"
-custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/messagebird/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}"
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+# MessageBird Agent alert notifications
-# Messagebird
+Learn how to send notifications to MessageBird using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more.
-The messagebird notifications will look like this on your Android device:
+> ### 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.
-![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/17090999/20034652/620b6100-a39b-11e6-96af-4f83b8e830e2.png)
+This is what you will get:
+
+![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/70198089/229841323-6c4b1956-dd91-423e-abaf-2799000f72a8.png)
+
+## Prerequisites
You will need:
-1. Signup and Login to messagebird.com
-2. Pick an SMS capable number after sign up to get some free credits
-3. Go to <https://www.messagebird.com/app/settings/developers/access>
-4. Create a new access key under 'API ACCESS (REST)' (you will want a live key)
-5. Fill in MESSAGEBIRD_ACCESS_KEY="XXXXXXXX" MESSAGEBIRD_NUMBER="+XXXXXXXXXXX"
-6. Add the recipient phone numbers to DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD="+XXXXXXXXXXX"
+- 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/)
+- terminal access to the Agent you wish to configure
+
+## Configure Netdata to send alert notifications to MessageBird
+
+> ### 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.
+
+Edit `health_alarm_notify.conf`, changes to this file do not require restarting Netdata:
+
+1. Set `SEND_MESSAGEBIRD` to `YES`.
+2. Set `MESSAGEBIRD_ACCESS_KEY` to your API access key.
+3. Set `MESSAGEBIRD_NUMBER` to the MessageBird number you want to use for the alert.
+4. 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`.
+ All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured.
-Set them in `/etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf` (to edit it on your system run `/etc/netdata/edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf`), like this:
+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"
```
+
+An example of a working configuration would be:
+
+```conf
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Messagebird (messagebird.com) SMS options
-# multiple recipients can be given like this:
-# "+15555555555 +17777777777"
-
-# enable/disable sending messagebird SMS
SEND_MESSAGEBIRD="YES"
-
-# to get an access key, create a free account at https://www.messagebird.com
-# verify and activate the account (no CC info needed)
-# login to your account and enter your phonenumber to get some free credits
-# to get the API key, click on 'API' in the sidebar, then 'API Access (REST)'
-# click 'Add access key' and fill in data (you want a live key to send SMS)
-
-# Without an access key, Netdata cannot send Messagebird text messages.
MESSAGEBIRD_ACCESS_KEY="XXXXXXXX"
MESSAGEBIRD_NUMBER="XXXXXXX"
-DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD="XXXXXXX"
+DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD="+15555555555"
```
+## Test the notification method
+To test this alert notification method 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.