# IRC This is what you will get: IRCCloud web client:\  Irssi terminal client:  You need: 1. The `nc` utility. If you do not set the path, Netdata will search for it in your system `$PATH`. Set the path for `nc` in `/etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf` (to edit it on your system run `/etc/netdata/edit-config health_alarm_notify.conf`), like this: ``` #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # external commands # # The full path of the nc command. # If empty, the system $PATH will be searched for it. # If not found, irc notifications will be silently disabled. nc="/usr/bin/nc" ``` 2. Αn `IRC_NETWORK` to which your preferred channels belong to. 3. One or more channels ( `DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_IRC` ) to post the messages to. 4. An `IRC_NICKNAME` and an `IRC_REALNAME` to identify in IRC. 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: ``` #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # irc notification options # # irc notifications require only the nc utility to be installed. # multiple recipients can be given like this: # " ..." # enable/disable sending irc notifications SEND_IRC="YES" # if a role's recipients are not configured, a notification will not be sent. # (empty = do not send a notification for unconfigured roles): DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_IRC="#system-alarms" # The irc network to which the recipients belong. It must be the full network. IRC_NETWORK="irc.freenode.net" # The irc nickname which is required to send the notification. It must not be # an already registered name as the connection's MODE is defined as a 'guest'. IRC_NICKNAME="netdata-alarm-user" # The irc realname which is required in order to make the connection and is an # extra identifier. IRC_REALNAME="netdata-user" ``` You can define multiple channels like this: `#system-alarms #networking-alarms`.\ You can also filter the notifications like this: `#system-alarms|critical`.\ You can give different channels per **role** using these (at the same file): ``` role_recipients_irc[sysadmin]="#user-alarms #networking-alarms #system-alarms" role_recipients_irc[dba]="#databases-alarms" role_recipients_irc[webmaster]="#networking-alarms" ``` The keywords `#user-alarms`, `#networking-alarms`, `#system-alarms`, `#databases-alarms` are irc channels which belong to the specified IRC network.