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diff --git a/health/notifications/smstools3/README.md b/health/notifications/smstools3/README.md index d72df4a62..4470e85b6 100644 --- a/health/notifications/smstools3/README.md +++ b/health/notifications/smstools3/README.md @@ -1,55 +1,79 @@ -# SMS Server Tools 3 Agent alert notifications +<!--startmeta +custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/smstools3/README.md" +meta_yaml: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/smstools3/metadata.yaml" +sidebar_label: "SMS" +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--> -Learn how to send notifications to `smstools3` using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more. +# SMS -> ### 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. -The [SMS Server Tools 3](http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/) is a SMS Gateway software which can send and receive short messages through GSM modems and mobile phones. +<img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/sms.svg" width="150"/> -## Prerequisites -You will need: +Send notifications to `smstools3` using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more. +The SMS Server Tools 3 is a SMS Gateway software which can send and receive short messages through GSM modems and mobile phones. -- to [install](http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/index.php?p=compiling) and [configure](http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/index.php?p=configure) smsd + +<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Netdata-%2300ab44" /> + +## Setup + +### Prerequisites + +#### + +- [Install](http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/index.php?p=compiling) and [configure](http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/index.php?p=configure) `smsd` - To ensure that the user `netdata` can execute `sendsms`. Any user executing `sendsms` needs to: - - have write permissions to `/tmp` and `/var/spool/sms/outgoing` - - be a member of group `smsd` + - Have write permissions to /tmp and /var/spool/sms/outgoing + - Be a member of group smsd + - To ensure that the steps above are successful, just su netdata and execute sendsms phone message. +- Access to the terminal where Netdata Agent is running + + + +### Configuration - To ensure that the steps above are successful, just `su netdata` and execute `sendsms phone message`. -- terminal access to the Agent you wish to configure +#### File -## Configure Netdata to send alert notifications to SMS Server Tools 3 +The configuration file name for this integration is `health_alarm_notify.conf`. -> ### 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: +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). -1. Set the path for `sendsms`, otherwise Netdata will search for it in your system `$PATH`: +```bash +cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata +sudo ./edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf +``` +#### Options + +The following options can be defined for this notification + +<details><summary>Config Options</summary> + +| Name | Description | Default | Required | +|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:| +| sendsms | Set the path for `sendsms`, otherwise Netdata will search for it in your system `$PATH:` | YES | True | +| SEND_SMS | Set `SEND_SMS` to `YES`. | | True | +| DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_SMS | Set DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_SMS to the phone number you want the alert notifications to be sent to. You can define multiple phone numbers like this: PHONE1 PHONE2. | | True | - ```conf - # The full path of the sendsms command (smstools3). - # If empty, the system $PATH will be searched for it. - # If not found, SMS notifications will be silently disabled. - sendsms="/usr/bin/sendsms" - ``` +##### sendsms -2. Set `SEND_SMS` to `YES`. -3. Set `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_SMS` to the phone number you want the alert notifications to be sent to. - You can define multiple phone numbers like this: `PHONE1 PHONE2`. - All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured. +# The full path of the sendsms command (smstools3). +# If empty, the system $PATH will be searched for it. +# If not found, SMS notifications will be silently disabled. +sendsms="/usr/bin/sendsms" -You can then have different phone numbers per **role**, by editing `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_IRC` with the phone number you want, in the following entries at the bottom of the same file: +##### DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_SMS + +All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured. + +You can then have different phone numbers per role, by editing `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_SMS` with the phone number you want, in the following entries at the bottom of the same file: ```conf role_recipients_sms[sysadmin]="PHONE1" role_recipients_sms[domainadmin]="PHONE2" @@ -59,15 +83,44 @@ role_recipients_sms[proxyadmin]="PHONE5" role_recipients_sms[sitemgr]="PHONE6" ``` -An example of a working configuration would be: -```conf +</details> + +#### Examples + +##### Basic Configuration + + + +```yaml #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # SMS Server Tools 3 (smstools3) global notification options SEND_SMS="YES" DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_SMS="1234567890" + ``` -## 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. +## 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. + + |