You can use the Telegram messenger to receive status notifications for virtual machines and cluster nodes. VMmanager uses a Telegram bot to send notifications.
To configure sending notifications to Telegram:
- Create a Telegram bot.
- Connect the bot to VMmanager.
- Add Telegram as the notification channel.
Configuration on Telegram side
- Open the chat with @BotFather.
- Send the command /newbot.
- Enter the bot name. E.g. VMmanager Notifier
- Enter the bot user name. It must finish with “bot”. E.g., vmnotifybot.
- Save the token value from the response.
Add the bot to the Telegram group for notifications.
Note
In order for the bot to send messages to a Telegram user, the user must open the chat with the bot and press Start.
Example of creating a bot
Configuration on VMmanager side
Connecting the bot
- Enter
→ Messengers → Connect a messenger. - Insert the Bot token.
- Press Activate.
- Select the required chats for sending notifications.
- Select the Messages language.
- Press Save.
To change the bot settings, press 
→ enter the Bot token → Save.
To delete a connected bot, press → Delete the bot → Delete.
Example of deleting a bot
Managing channels
In → Messengers you can manage channels to which the bot will send notifications. Channels may include groups and individual Telegram users.
To add a channel:
- Press Add channel.
- Select the Messages language.
- Specify the discretionary Channel name.
- Select the channel from the list or Enter the chat ID.
- Specify the discretionary Comment for the channel.
- Press Add.
Press to edit the channel settings.
Press 
to enable/disable notifications to the channel.
Press 
to delete the channel.
Messengers section of the interface
Adding a channel to notification
To use Telegram as the notification channel:
- Enter the Notifications center:
→ Notification settings. - Press the notification name.
- Select channels in To the messengers' channels field
- Press Save.
Read more about managing notifications in Notifications.
Adding a notification channel
