Check_MK WhatsApp notification

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COMPATIBILITY

• Check_MK RAW version 1.6.0
• Check_MK RAW version 2.1.0p4
• Should also work with other versions of Check_MK

EXAMPLE

Notifications are usually sent via a WhatsApp group. Here is an example of how a WhatsApp notification is structured.

REQUIREMENTS

In order for Check_MK to send alerts (notifications) to the WhatsApp Messenger, we need

• WhatsApp line
• url api whatsapp and port
• WhatsApp API token
• a WhatsApp Chat- or Group-ID

Creating WhatsApp API Key:

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INSTALLATION

Change to your Check_MK site user

su - mysite

Change to the notification directory

cd ~/local/share/check_mk/notifications/

Download the WhatsApp notify script from Git repository

git clone https://github.com/welligtonalves/check_mk-whatsapp-notify .

Give the script execution permissions

chmod +x check_mk_whatsapp-notify.sh

CHECK_MK CONFIGURATION

CHECK_MK VERSION 2.0.0 AND ABOVE

Now you can create your own alarm rules in Check_MK.

Setup → Events → Notifications

First create a clone of your existing mail notification rule

• Change the description (e.g. Notify all contacts of a host/service via WhatsApp)
• The notification method is "Push Notification (by WhatsApp)"
• Select option "Call with the following parameters:"
• As the first parameter we set the WhatsApp line (API number provided)
• The second parameter is the WhatsApp destiny WhatsApp line / Group-ID
• The third parameter is the api port WhatsApp
• The fourth parameter is the api key WhatsApp

LICENSE

checkmk-whatsapp-notify and all individual scripts are under the BSD 3-Clause license unless explicitly noted otherwise. Please refer to the LICENSE