netdata/docs/cloud/alerts-notifications/add-discord-notification.md

Add Discord notification configuration

From the Netdata Cloud UI, you can manage your space's notification settings and enable the configuration to deliver notifications on Discord.

Prerequisites

To enable Discord notifications you need:

• A Netdata Cloud account
• Access to the space as an administrator
• Have a Discord server able to receive webhook integrations. For more details check how to configure this on Discord

Steps

1. Click on the Space settings cog (located above your profile icon)
2. Click on the Notification tab
3. Click on the + Add configuration button (near the top-right corner of your screen)
4. On the Discord card click on + Add
5. A modal will be presented to you to enter the required details to enable the configuration:
   1. Notification settings are Netdata specific settings
      • Configuration name - you can optionally provide a name for your configuration you can easily refer to it
      • Rooms - by specifying a list of Rooms you are select to which nodes or areas of your infrastructure you want to be notified using this configuration
      • Notification - you specify which notifications you want to be notified using this configuration: All Alerts and unreachable, All Alerts, Critical only
   2. Integration configuration are the specific notification integration required settings, which vary by notification method. For Discord:
      • Define the type channel you want to send notifications to: Text channel or Forum channel
      • Webhook URL - URL provided on Discord for the channel you want to receive your notifications. For more details check how to configure this on Discord
      • Thread name - if the Discord channel is a Forum channel you will need to provide the thread name as well

Settings on Discord

Enable webhook integrations on Discord server

To enable the webhook integrations on Discord you need:

1. Go to *Integrations** under your **Server Settings

1. Create Webhook or View Webhooks if you already have some defined
2. When you create a new webhook you specify: Name and Channel
3. Once you have this configured you will need the Webhook URL to add your notification configuration on Netdata UI

For more details please read this article from Discord: Intro to Webhooks.