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Notifications

Usage

Notifications are sent to users to inform them about an event, update, or action.

Currently used for notifying service health status changes only.

Enabling Notifications

To enable notifications, you need to configure it on WebUI or in your config.yml file. Follow these steps:

  1. Open config/config.yml with WebUI config editor or a text editor.

  2. Add Gotify Notification Configuration:

    yaml
    notification:
      - name: gotify
        provider: gotify
        url: https://gotify.my.site
        token: abcdef.12345
  3. Add Ntfy Notification Configuration:

    yaml
    notification:
      - name: ntfy
        provider: ntfy
        url: https://ntfy.domain.com
        topic: some-topic
        # token: xxx # if your Ntfy is configured with access tokens
  4. Add Discord Notification Configuration:

    yaml
    notification:
      - name: discord
        provider: webhook
        url: https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...
        template: discord

Gotify Provider

  • Set a name for your provider (e.g., gotify).
  • Set the provider to gotify.
  • Set the url to the address where Gotify is hosted.
  • Set the token which is used to authenticate.

Ntfy Provider

  • Set a name for your provider (e.g., ntfy).
  • Set the provider to ntfy.
  • Set the url to the address (without topic) where Ntfy is hosted.
  • Set the topic which is the message will be sent to.
  • Set the token if your server is configured with access tokens.

Discord Provider

  • Set a name for your provider (e.g., discord).
  • Set the provider to webhook.
  • Set the url which is the webhook address for your Discord channel.
  • Set the template to discord to use Discord formatting.

Other webhook providers

  • Set a name for your provider (e.g., slack).
  • Set the provider to webhook.
  • Set the url which is the webhook address for your Slack channel.
  • Set the payload to appropriate JSON body for your webhook provider.
  • Set the token if your provider requires authentication.

WebUI config example

Gotify NotificationDiscord Notification

Full documentation

Common Field

FieldDescriptionRequiredAllowed values
nameName of the providerYes
providerYesgotify ntfy webhook
urlProvider URLYesFull URL
formatMessage FormatNo (default: markdown)markdown plain

Webhook

FieldDescriptionRequiredAllowed values
providerYeswebhook
templateWebhook templateNoempty, discord
tokenWebhook tokenNo
payloadWebhook payloadNo (if template is used)valid json
methodWebhook request methodNoGET POST PUT
mime_typeMIME typeNo
color_modeColor modeNohex dec

Available Payload Variables

  • $title: Title of the message (JSON escaped).
  • $message: Message in Markdown format (JSON escaped).
  • $fields: Message in JSON format (JSON escaped).
  • $color: Color of the message in hex (e.g., #ff0000) or dec (e.g., 16711680).

Example

json
{
    "embeds": [
        {
            "title": $title,
            "fields": $fields,
            "color": "$color"
        }
    ]
}

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