Notifications...

rcfa

There's a whole bunch of interesting configuration options for notifications.

Unfortunately, to me, they are mostly useless. Why?

Because the things that end up in notifications tend to be rather uninteresting.

What I e.g. would like to be notified:

each time the WAN interface's DHCP assigned IP address changes
each time a VPN link goes down
each time a DynDNS update fails
each time a package has an update/new version
each time a new package becomes available

These are the things I need to keep accessing the system respectively keep running up to date.

In case I'm missing something, I'd he happy to learn if there are ways to configure such notifications...

rcoleman-netgate

@rcfa Zabbix is most likely going to be covering many of these things.

Gertjan

@rcfa said in Notifications...:

each time the WAN interface's DHCP assigned IP address changes

I'm using a " Services > Dynamic DNS > RFC 2136 Clients" myself, and I receive a mail when it updates.

each time a DynDNS update fails

Fails ?
If it fails because WAN is down .... wonder how you want to receive the mail then.
Because the some other issue DynDNS server side ?
That needs some modifications here /etc/servcies.invc : function services_dnsupdate_process()
Add your own mail notification lines.

each time a package has an update/new version

Have that :

mer. 24 mai 07:01
	
Notifications in this message: 1
================================

7:01:19 An update to pfSense version 23.05 is available

The following updates are available and can be installed using System > Package Manager:

acme: 0.7.3_1 ==> 0.7.3_2
Netgate_Firmware_Upgrade: 0.56 ==> 23.05.00
pfBlockerNG-devel: 3.2.0_4 ==> 3.2.0_5

Some packages are part of the base system and will not show up in Package Manager. If any such updates are listed below, run `pkg upgrade` from the shell to install them:

7-zip: 21.07_2 -> 22.01 [pfSense]
bash: 5.2.2_1 -> 5.2.15 [pfSense]
bind-tools: 9.18.8 -> 9.18.13 [pfSense]
ca_root_nss: 3.83 -> 3.89 [pfSense]
ccid: 1.5.0 -> 1.5.1 [pfSense]
check_reload_status: 0.0.14 -> 0.0.15 [pfSense]
.....

There is a script on the forum that does this.

each time a new package becomes available

You mean : when something gets added or changed here : System > Package Manager > Available Packages ?
AFAIK : that doesn't exist yet.
But is very possible to create.

each time a VPN link goes down

Google : "notification when VPN goes down", I'm sure you'll find a script that can be adapted for your needs.

Btw, with VPN you mean the OpenVPN client I guess. Not the OpenVPN server.
Normally, when you really needs the OpenVPN client, you'll know that it is down, as all traffic is routed over that connection : when it breaks, your LAN has no Internet anymore. That doesn't goes unnoticed for very long time ;)