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Forward log messages via notification
=====================================
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+
[⬅️ Go back to main README](../README.md)
> ℹ️ **Info**: This script can not be used on its own but requires the base
@@ -15,15 +22,15 @@ server (see `/system/logging`). This has some limitation, however:
* does not work early after boot if network connectivity is not
yet established, or breaks intermittently
* lots of messages generate a flood of mails
-* Matrix and Telegram are not supported
+* Gotify, Matrix, Ntfy and Telegram are not supported
The script works around the limitations, for example it does:
* read from `/log`, including messages from early boot
* skip multi-repeated messages
* rate-limit itself to mitigate flooding
-* forward via notification (which includes *e-mail*, *Matrix* and *Telegram*
- when installed and configured, see below)
+* forward via notification (which includes *e-mail*, *Gotify*, *Matrix*,
+ *Ntfy* and *Telegram* when installed and configured, see below)
It is intended to be run periodically from scheduler, then collects new
log messages and forwards them via notification.
@@ -46,6 +53,12 @@ Just install the script:
Configuration
-------------
+The default configuration should provide reasonable presets, filtering
+*info*, and effectively forwarding *warning* and *error*.
+
+> 💡️ **Hint**: Please try with defaults first, especially if you are not
+> familiar with regular expressions!
+
The configuration goes to `global-config-overlay`, these are the parameters:
* `LogForwardFilter`: define topics *not* to be forwarded
@@ -59,7 +72,7 @@ The configuration goes to `global-config-overlay`, these are the parameters:
> your local `global-config-overlay` and modify it to your specific needs.
These patterns are matched as
-[regular expressions](https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Regular_Expressions).
+[regular expressions ↗️](https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Regular_Expressions).
To forward **all** (ignoring severity) log messages with topics `account`
(which includes user logins) and `dhcp` you need something like:
@@ -67,7 +80,9 @@ To forward **all** (ignoring severity) log messages with topics `account`
Also notification settings are required for
[e-mail](mod/notification-email.md),
-[matrix](mod/notification-matrix.md) and/or
+[gotify](mod/notification-gotify.md),
+[matrix](mod/notification-matrix.md),
+[ntfy](mod/notification-ntfy.md) and/or
[telegram](mod/notification-telegram.md).
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