From a836a244a3d2bdd4da1ee2641e3e957850668cea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 18:27:04 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.39.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- health/notifications/discord/README.md | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) (limited to 'health/notifications/discord/README.md') diff --git a/health/notifications/discord/README.md b/health/notifications/discord/README.md index b4cbce533..b4aa7fd95 100644 --- a/health/notifications/discord/README.md +++ b/health/notifications/discord/README.md @@ -1,53 +1,71 @@ - - -# Discord.com +# Discord Agent alert notifications + +Learn how to send notifications to Discord using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more. + +> ### 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. This is what you will get: ![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7321975/22215935/b49ede7e-e162-11e6-98d0-ae8541e6b92e.png) -You need: +## Prerequisites -1. The **incoming webhook URL** as given by Discord. Create a webhook by following the official [Discord documentation](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks). You can use the same on all your Netdata servers (or you can have multiple if you like - your decision). -2. One or more Discord channels to post the messages to. +You will need: -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: +- The **incoming webhook URL** as given by Discord. + Create a webhook by following the official [Discord documentation](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks). You can use the same on all your Netdata servers (or you can have multiple if you like - your decision). +- one or more Discord channels to post the messages to +- terminal access to the Agent you wish to configure -``` -############################################################################### -# sending discord notifications +## Configure Netdata to send alert notifications to Discord -# note: multiple recipients can be given like this: -# "CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 ..." +> ### 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. -# enable/disable sending discord notifications -SEND_DISCORD="YES" +Edit `health_alarm_notify.conf`, changes to this file do not require restarting Netdata: -# Create a webhook by following the official documentation - -# https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks -DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/XXXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" +1. Set `SEND_DISCORD` to `YES`. +2. Set `DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL` to your webhook URL. +3. Set `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_DISCORD` to the channel you want the alert notifications to be sent to. + You can define multiple channels like this: `alerts systems`. + All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured. -# if a role's recipients are not configured, a notification will be send to -# this discord channel (empty = do not send a notification for unconfigured -# roles): -DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_DISCORD="alarms" -``` + > ### Note + > + > You don't have to include the hashtag "#" of the channel, just its name. -You can define multiple channels like this: `alarms systems`. -You can give different channels per **role** using these (at the same file): +You can then have different channels per **role**, by editing `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_DISCORD` with the channel you want, in the following entries at the bottom of the same file: -``` +```conf role_recipients_discord[sysadmin]="systems" +role_recipients_discord[domainadmin]="domains" role_recipients_discord[dba]="databases systems" role_recipients_discord[webmaster]="marketing development" +role_recipients_discord[proxyadmin]="proxy-admin" +role_recipients_discord[sitemgr]="sites" ``` -The keywords `systems`, `databases`, `marketing`, `development` are discord.com channels (they should already exist within your discord server). +The values you provide should already exist as Discord channels in your server. + +An example of a working configuration would be: + +```conf +#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +# discord (discordapp.com) global notification options + +SEND_DISCORD="YES" +DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/XXXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" +DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_DISCORD="alerts" +``` + +## 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. -- cgit v1.2.3