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diff --git a/health/notifications/telegram/README.md b/health/notifications/telegram/README.md index 9cc77d68..e2033427 100644 --- a/health/notifications/telegram/README.md +++ b/health/notifications/telegram/README.md @@ -1,50 +1,68 @@ -# Telegram Agent alert notifications +<!--startmeta +custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/telegram/README.md" +meta_yaml: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/health/notifications/telegram/metadata.yaml" +sidebar_label: "Telegram" +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 Telegram using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more. +# Telegram -> ### 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. -[Telegram](https://telegram.org/) is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super-fast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any number of your phones, tablets or computers. +<img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/telegram.svg" width="150"/> -Telegram messages look like this: -<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1153921/66612223-f07dfb80-eb75-11e9-976f-5734ffd93ecd.png" width="50%"></img> +Send notifications to Telegram using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more. -Netdata will send warning messages without vibration. -## Prerequisites -You will need: +<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Netdata-%2300ab44" /> -- A bot token. To get one, contact the [@BotFather](https://t.me/BotFather) bot and send the command `/newbot` and follow the instructions. - Start a conversation with your bot or invite it into a group where you want it to send messages. -- The chat ID for every chat you want to send messages to. Contact the [@myidbot](https://t.me/myidbot) bot and send the `/getid` command to get your personal chat ID or invite it into a group and use the `/getgroupid` command to get the group chat ID. Group IDs start with a hyphen, supergroup IDs start with `-100`. +## Setup - Alternatively, you can get the chat ID directly from the bot API. Send *your* bot a command in the chat you want to use, then check `https://api.telegram.org/bot{YourBotToken}/getUpdates`, eg. `https://api.telegram.org/bot111122223:7OpFlFFRzRBbrUUmIjj5HF9Ox2pYJZy5/getUpdates` -- terminal access to the Agent you wish to configure +### Prerequisites -## Configure Netdata to send alert notifications to Telegram +#### -> ### 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. +- A bot token. To get one, contact the [@BotFather](https://t.me/BotFather) bot and send the command `/newbot` and follow the instructions. Start a conversation with your bot or invite it into a group where you want it to send messages. +- The chat ID for every chat you want to send messages to. Contact the [@myidbot](https://t.me/myidbot) bot and send the `/getid` command to get your personal chat ID or invite it into a group and use the `/getgroupid` command to get the group chat ID. Group IDs start with a hyphen, supergroup IDs start with `-100`. +- Alternatively, you can get the chat ID directly from the bot API. Send your bot a command in the chat you want to use, then check `https://api.telegram.org/bot{YourBotToken}/getUpdates`, eg. `https://api.telegram.org/bot111122223:7OpFlFFRzRBbrUUmIjj5HF9Ox2pYJZy5/getUpdates` +- Terminal access to the Agent you wish to configure -Edit `health_alarm_notify.conf`, changes to this file do not require restarting Netdata: -1. Set `SEND_TELEGRAM` to `YES`. -2. Set `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` to your bot token. -3. Set `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_TELEGRAM` to the chat ID you want the alert notifications to be sent to. - You can define multiple chat IDs like this: `49999333322 -1009999222255`. - All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured. -You can then have different chats per **role**, by editing `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_TELEGRAM` with the chat ID you want, in the following entries at the bottom of the same file: +### 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_TELEGRAM | Set `SEND_TELEGRAM` to YES | YES | True | +| TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN | set `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` to your bot token. | | True | +| DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_TELEGRAM | Set `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_TELEGRAM` to the chat ID you want the alert notifications to be sent to. You can define multiple chat IDs like this: 49999333322 -1009999222255. | | True | + +##### DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_TELEGRAM + +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_telegram[sysadmin]="49999333324" @@ -55,17 +73,46 @@ role_recipients_telegram[proxyadmin]="49999333344" role_recipients_telegram[sitemgr]="49999333876" ``` -An example of a working configuration would be: -```conf +</details> + +#### Examples + +##### Basic Configuration + + + +```yaml #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # telegram (telegram.org) global notification options SEND_TELEGRAM="YES" TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="111122223:7OpFlFFRzRBbrUUmIjj5HF9Ox2pYJZy5" DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_TELEGRAM="-100233335555" + +``` + + +## 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" ``` -## Test the notification method +Note that this will test _all_ alert mechanisms for the selected role. + -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. |