# MessageBird
Send notifications to MessageBird using Netdata's Agent alert notification feature, which supports dozens of endpoints, user roles, and more.
## Setup
### Prerequisites
####
- 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/).
- Access to the terminal where Netdata Agent is running
### 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
Config Options
| Name | Description | Default | Required |
|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
| SEND_MESSAGEBIRD | Set `SEND_MESSAGEBIRD` to YES | YES | yes |
| MESSAGEBIRD_ACCESS_KEY | Set `MESSAGEBIRD_ACCESS_KEY` to your API key. | | yes |
| MESSAGEBIRD_NUMBER | Set `MESSAGEBIRD_NUMBER` to the MessageBird number you want to use for the alert. | | yes |
| DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD | 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. | | yes |
##### DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_MESSAGEBIRD
All roles will default to this variable if left unconfigured.
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"
```