RunCloud can send you notifications when something changes on your server. You can configure multiple notification channels with your account. In this post, we will show you how to integrate each notification channel. 

To add a notification channel to your account, open your account settings. In the side-menu, look for the “Notifications” tab and click on “Add New Channel“.

On the next screen, you can choose from three available options – let’s take a look at each option in detail.

Email

You can use this option to receive notifications via email. To use this, click on “Add Notification Channel” and select the “Email” option from the drop-down menu. Enter your email address, and provide a descriptive name for this.

Once you click “Save“, the notification mode will be saved to your account, and you can start adding it to your servers.

Here is an example of the email notifications:

Slack

You can use this option to send notifications in a Slack channel. This is a useful option if you want to alert the entire team at once.

To use this, click on “Add Notification Channel” and select the “Slack” option from the drop-down menu. You will need to create a new WebHook for Slack, and then paste this in the text box. Once you save the changes, you can start adding this notification channel to your servers.

Here is an example of how the Slack notifications are posted:

Telegram

You can use this option to receive notifications via Telegram. Enabling this option is slightly different from the other two methods. Start by clicking on “Add Notification Channel” and selecting the “Telegram” option from the drop-down menu.

Next, you will need to open Telegram and search for the @RunCloudBot. Once you have opened the chat, type /start to open the conversation. 

After beginning the conversation, you will need to send the authentication message displayed on the RunCloud dashboard.

Once your device is authenticated, you will see a success message in your RunCloud dashboard. You can now save the changes and start using this notification channel.

Here is an example screenshot of RunCloud notifications being delivered via Telegram:

Adding Notification Channels to Servers

After you have added the notification channels to your account, you can start using them with your connected servers. To configure notifications for a server, open the server dashboard and look for the “Notifications” tab in the side-menu. Click on “Assign Notification Channel” and add as many notification channels as you like. 

After adding the channels, you will get notified whenever an event occurs on this server. For example, when your server experiences a high system load, or an SSH connection is established from an unknown address.