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:

# "<irc_channel_1> <irc_channel_2> ..."

# 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.