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<h1 id="notifications">Notifications<a class="headerlink" href="#notifications" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>Watchtower can send notifications when containers are updated. Notifications are sent via hooks in the logging
system, <a href="http://github.com/sirupsen/logrus">logrus</a>. </p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Using multiple notifications with environment variables</p>
<p>There is currently a bug in Viper (<a class="magiclink magiclink-github magiclink-issue" href="https://github.com/spf13/viper/issues/380" title="GitHub Issue: spf13/viper #380">spf13/viper#380</a>), which prevents comma-separated slices to
be used when using the environment variable.<br />
A workaround is available where we instead put quotes around the environment variable value and replace the commas with
spaces:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS=&quot;slack msteams&quot;
</code></pre></div>
If you're a <code>docker-compose</code> user, make sure to specify environment variables' values in your <code>.yml</code> file without double
quotes (<code>"</code>). This prevents unexpected errors when watchtower starts.</p>
</div>
<h2 id="settings">Settings<a class="headerlink" href="#settings" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
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<li><code>--notifications-level</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_LEVEL</code>): Controls the log level which is used for the notifications. If omitted, the default log level is <code>info</code>. Possible values are: <code>panic</code>, <code>fatal</code>, <code>error</code>, <code>warn</code>, <code>info</code>, <code>debug</code> or <code>trace</code>.</li>
<li><code>--notifications-hostname</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_HOSTNAME</code>): Custom hostname specified in subject/title. Useful to override the operating system hostname.</li>
<li><code>--notifications-delay</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_DELAY</code>): Delay before sending notifications expressed in seconds.</li>
<li>Watchtower will post a notification every time it is started. This behavior <a href="https://containrrr.github.io/watchtower/arguments/#without_sending_a_startup_message">can be changed</a> with an argument.</li>
<li><code>--notification-title-tag</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TITLE_TAG</code>): Prefix to include in the title. Useful when running multiple watchtowers.</li>
<li><code>--notification-skip-title</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SKIP_TITLE</code>): Do not pass the title param to notifications. This will not pass a dynamic title override to notification services. If no title is configured for the service, it will remove the title all together.</li>
<li><code>--notification-log-stdout</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_LOG_STDOUT</code>): Enable output from <code>logger://</code> shoutrrr service to stdout.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="shoutrrr_notifications"><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/shoutrrr">shoutrrr</a> notifications<a class="headerlink" href="#shoutrrr_notifications" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>To send notifications via shoutrrr, the following command-line options, or their corresponding environment variables, can be set:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>--notification-url</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL</code>): The shoutrrr service URL to be used. This option can also reference a file, in which case the contents of the file are used.</li>
</ul>
<p>Go to <a href="https://containrrr.dev/shoutrrr/v0.8/services/overview">containrrr.dev/shoutrrr/v0.8/services/overview</a> to
learn more about the different service URLs you can use. You can define multiple services by space separating the
URLs. (See example below)</p>
<p>You can customize the message posted by setting a template.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>--notification-template</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE</code>): The template used for the message.</li>
</ul>
<p>The template is a Go <a href="https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/">template</a> that either format a list
of <a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/sirupsen/logrus?tab=doc#Entry">log entries</a> or a <code>notification.Data</code> struct.</p>
<p>Simple templates are used unless the <code>notification-report</code> flag is specified:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>--notification-report</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_REPORT</code>): Use the session report as the notification template data.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="simple_templates">Simple templates<a class="headerlink" href="#simple_templates" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>The default value if not set is <code>{{range .}}{{.Message}}{{println}}{{end}}</code>. The example below uses a template that also
outputs timestamp and log level.</p>
<div class="admonition tip">
<p class="admonition-title">Custom date format</p>
<p>If you want to adjust the date/time format it must show how the
<a href="https://golang.org/pkg/time/#pkg-constants">reference time</a> (<em>Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006</em>) would be displayed in your
custom format.<br />
i.e., The day of the year has to be 1, the month has to be 2 (february), the hour 3 (or 15 for 24h time) etc.</p>
</div>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>--name<span class="w"> </span>watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-v<span class="w"> </span>/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;discord://token@channel slack://watchtower@token-a/token-b/token-c&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;{{range .}}{{.Time.Format \&quot;2006-01-02 15:04:05\&quot;}} ({{.Level}}): {{.Message}}{{println}}{{end}}&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>containrrr/watchtower
</code></pre></div>
<h2 id="report_templates">Report templates<a class="headerlink" href="#report_templates" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>The default template for report notifications are the following:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Report</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">with</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Report</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">or</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Updated</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Failed</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="p">{{</span><span class="nx">len</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Scanned</span><span class="p">}}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">Scanned</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="nx">len</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Updated</span><span class="p">}}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">Updated</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="nx">len</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Failed</span><span class="p">}}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">Failed</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">range</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Updated</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">Name</span><span class="p">}}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">({{.</span><span class="nx">ImageName</span><span class="p">}}):</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">CurrentImageID</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">ShortID</span><span class="p">}}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">updated</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">to</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">LatestImageID</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">ShortID</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">range</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Fresh</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">Name</span><span class="p">}}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">({{.</span><span class="nx">ImageName</span><span class="p">}}):</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">State</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">range</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Skipped</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">Name</span><span class="p">}}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">({{.</span><span class="nx">ImageName</span><span class="p">}}):</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">State</span><span class="p">}}:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">Error</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">range</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Failed</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">Name</span><span class="p">}}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">({{.</span><span class="nx">ImageName</span><span class="p">}}):</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">State</span><span class="p">}}:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{.</span><span class="nx">Error</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">else</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="k">range</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Entries</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}{{.</span><span class="nx">Message</span><span class="p">}}{{</span><span class="s">&quot;\n&quot;</span><span class="p">}}{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
<span class="p">{{</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">}}</span>
</code></pre></div></p>
<p>It will be used to send a summary of every session if there are any containers that were updated or which failed to update.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Skipping notifications</p>
<p>Whenever the result of applying the template results in an empty string, no notifications will
be sent. This is by default used to limit the notifications to only be sent when there something noteworthy occurred.</p>
<p>You can replace <code>{{- if ( or .Updated .Failed ) -}}</code> with any logic you want to decide when to send the notifications.</p>
</div>
<p>Example using a custom report template that always sends a session report after each run:</p>
<div class="tabbed-set tabbed-alternate" data-tabs="1:2"><input checked="checked" id="__tabbed_1_1" name="__tabbed_1" type="radio" /><input id="__tabbed_1_2" name="__tabbed_1" type="radio" /><div class="tabbed-labels"><label for="__tabbed_1_1">docker run</label><label for="__tabbed_1_2">docker-compose</label></div>
<div class="tabbed-content">
<div class="tabbed-block">
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>--name<span class="w"> </span>watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-v<span class="w"> </span>/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_REPORT</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;true&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;discord://token@channel slack://watchtower@token-a/token-b/token-c&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- if .Report -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- with .Report -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{len .Scanned}} Scanned, {{len .Updated}} Updated, {{len .Failed}} Failed</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- range .Updated}}</span>
<span class="s2"> - {{.Name}} ({{.ImageName}}): {{.CurrentImageID.ShortID}} updated to {{.LatestImageID.ShortID}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- end -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- range .Fresh}}</span>
<span class="s2"> - {{.Name}} ({{.ImageName}}): {{.State}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- end -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- range .Skipped}}</span>
<span class="s2"> - {{.Name}} ({{.ImageName}}): {{.State}}: {{.Error}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- end -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- range .Failed}}</span>
<span class="s2"> - {{.Name}} ({{.ImageName}}): {{.State}}: {{.Error}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- end -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- end -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- else -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{range .Entries -}}{{.Message}}{{\&quot;\n\&quot;}}{{- end -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> {{- end -}}</span>
<span class="s2"> &quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>containrrr/watchtower
</code></pre></div>
</div>
<div class="tabbed-block">
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nt">version</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;3&quot;</span>
<span class="nt">services</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">watchtower</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">image</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">containrrr/watchtower</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">volumes</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">env</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_REPORT</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;true&quot;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">discord://token@channel</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">slack://watchtower@token-a/token-b/token-c</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">|</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- if .Report -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- with .Report -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{len .Scanned}} Scanned, {{len .Updated}} Updated, {{len .Failed}} Failed</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- range .Updated}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">- {{.Name}} ({{.ImageName}}): {{.CurrentImageID.ShortID}} updated to {{.LatestImageID.ShortID}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- end -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- range .Fresh}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">- {{.Name}} ({{.ImageName}}): {{.State}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- end -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- range .Skipped}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">- {{.Name}} ({{.ImageName}}): {{.State}}: {{.Error}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- end -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- range .Failed}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">- {{.Name}} ({{.ImageName}}): {{.State}}: {{.Error}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- end -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- end -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- else -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{range .Entries -}}{{.Message}}{{&quot;\n&quot;}}{{- end -}}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="no">{{- end -}}</span>
</code></pre></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h2 id="legacy_notifications">Legacy notifications<a class="headerlink" href="#legacy_notifications" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>For backwards compatibility, the notifications can also be configured using legacy notification options. These will automatically be converted to shoutrrr URLs when used.<br />
The types of notifications to send are set by passing a comma-separated list of values to the <code>--notifications</code> option
(or corresponding environment variable <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</code>), which has the following valid values:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>email</code> to send notifications via e-mail</li>
<li><code>slack</code> to send notifications through a Slack webhook</li>
<li><code>msteams</code> to send notifications via MSTeams webhook</li>
<li><code>gotify</code> to send notifications via Gotify</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="notify-upgrade"><code>notify-upgrade</code><a class="headerlink" href="#notify-upgrade" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>If watchtower is started with <code>notify-upgrade</code> as it's first argument, it will generate a .env file with your current legacy notification options converted to shoutrrr URLs.</p>
<div class="tabbed-set tabbed-alternate" data-tabs="2:2"><input checked="checked" id="__tabbed_2_1" name="__tabbed_2" type="radio" /><input id="__tabbed_2_2" name="__tabbed_2" type="radio" /><div class="tabbed-labels"><label for="__tabbed_2_1">docker run</label><label for="__tabbed_2_2">docker-compose.yml</label></div>
<div class="tabbed-content">
<div class="tabbed-block">
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>$<span class="w"> </span>docker<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
--name<span class="w"> </span>watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
-v<span class="w"> </span>/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</span><span class="o">=</span>slack<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_HOOK_URL</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxx/yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
containrrr/watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
notify-upgrade
</code></pre></div>
</div>
<div class="tabbed-block">
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nt">version</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;3&quot;</span>
<span class="nt">services</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">watchtower</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">image</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">containrrr/watchtower</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">volumes</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">env</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">slack</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_HOOK_URL</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxx/yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">command</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">notify-upgrade</span>
</code></pre></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>You can then copy this file from the container (a message with the full command to do so will be logged) and use it with your current setup:</p>
<div class="tabbed-set tabbed-alternate" data-tabs="3:2"><input checked="checked" id="__tabbed_3_1" name="__tabbed_3" type="radio" /><input id="__tabbed_3_2" name="__tabbed_3" type="radio" /><div class="tabbed-labels"><label for="__tabbed_3_1">docker run</label><label for="__tabbed_3_2">docker-compose.yml</label></div>
<div class="tabbed-content">
<div class="tabbed-block">
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>$<span class="w"> </span>docker<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
--name<span class="w"> </span>watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
-v<span class="w"> </span>/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
--env-file<span class="w"> </span>watchtower-notifications.env<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
containrrr/watchtower
</code></pre></div>
</div>
<div class="tabbed-block">
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nt">version</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;3&quot;</span>
<span class="nt">services</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">watchtower</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">image</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">containrrr/watchtower</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">volumes</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">env_file</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">watchtower-notifications.env</span>
</code></pre></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h3 id="email">Email<a class="headerlink" href="#email" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To receive notifications by email, the following command-line options, or their corresponding environment variables, can be set:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>--notification-email-from</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_FROM</code>): The e-mail address from which notifications will be sent.</li>
<li><code>--notification-email-to</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_TO</code>): The e-mail address to which notifications will be sent.</li>
<li><code>--notification-email-server</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER</code>): The SMTP server to send e-mails through.</li>
<li><code>--notification-email-server-tls-skip-verify</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY</code>): Do not verify the TLS certificate of the mail server. This should be used only for testing.</li>
<li><code>--notification-email-server-port</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PORT</code>): The port used to connect to the SMTP server to send e-mails through. Defaults to <code>25</code>.</li>
<li><code>--notification-email-server-user</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_USER</code>): The username to authenticate with the SMTP server with.</li>
<li><code>--notification-email-server-password</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PASSWORD</code>): The password to authenticate with the SMTP server with. Can also reference a file, in which case the contents of the file are used.</li>
<li><code>--notification-email-delay</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_DELAY</code>): Delay before sending notifications expressed in seconds.</li>
<li><code>--notification-email-subjecttag</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SUBJECTTAG</code>): Prefix to include in the subject tag. Useful when running multiple watchtowers. <strong>NOTE:</strong> This will affect all notification types.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>--name<span class="w"> </span>watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-v<span class="w"> </span>/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</span><span class="o">=</span>email<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_FROM</span><span class="o">=</span>fromaddress@gmail.com<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_TO</span><span class="o">=</span>toaddress@gmail.com<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER</span><span class="o">=</span>smtp.gmail.com<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PORT</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="m">587</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_USER</span><span class="o">=</span>fromaddress@gmail.com<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PASSWORD</span><span class="o">=</span>app_password<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_DELAY</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="m">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>containrrr/watchtower
</code></pre></div>
<p>The previous example assumes, that you already have an SMTP server up and running you can connect to. If you don't or you want to bring up watchtower with your own simple SMTP relay the following <code>docker-compose.yml</code> might be a good start for you.</p>
<p>The following example assumes, that your domain is called <code>your-domain.com</code> and that you are going to use a certificate valid for <code>smtp.your-domain.com</code>. This hostname has to be used as <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER</code> otherwise the TLS connection is going to fail with <code>Failed to send notification email</code> or <code>connect: connection refused</code>. We also have to add a network for this setup in order to add an alias to it. If you also want to enable DKIM or other features on the SMTP server, you will find more information at <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/freinet/postfix-relay">freinet/postfix-relay</a>.</p>
<p>Example including an SMTP relay:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nt">version</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;3.8&#39;</span>
<span class="nt">services</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">watchtower</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">image</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">containrrr/watchtower:latest</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">container_name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">watchtower</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">environment</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_MONITOR_ONLY</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;true&#39;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">email</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_FROM</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">from-address@your-domain.com</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_TO</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">to-address@your-domain.com</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># you have to use a network alias here, if you use your own certificate</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">smtp.your-domain.com</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PORT</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">25</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_DELAY</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">2</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">volumes</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">networks</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">watchtower</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postfix</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># SMTP needed to send out status emails</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">postfix</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">image</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">freinet/postfix-relay:latest</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">expose</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">25</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">environment</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">MAILNAME</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">somename.your-domain.com</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">TLS_KEY</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;/etc/ssl/domains/your-domain.com/your-domain.com.key&#39;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">TLS_CRT</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;/etc/ssl/domains/your-domain.com/your-domain.com.crt&#39;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">TLS_CA</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;/etc/ssl/domains/your-domain.com/intermediate.crt&#39;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">volumes</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">/etc/ssl/domains/your-domain.com/:/etc/ssl/domains/your-domain.com/:ro</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">networks</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">watchtower</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># this alias is really important to make your certificate work</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">smtp.your-domain.com</span>
<span class="nt">networks</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">watchtower</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">external</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">false</span>
</code></pre></div>
<h3 id="slack">Slack<a class="headerlink" href="#slack" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To receive notifications in Slack, add <code>slack</code> to the <code>--notifications</code> option or the <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</code> environment variable.</p>
<p>Additionally, you should set the Slack webhook URL using the <code>--notification-slack-hook-url</code> option or the <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_HOOK_URL</code> environment variable. This option can also reference a file, in which case the contents of the file are used.</p>
<p>By default, watchtower will send messages under the name <code>watchtower</code>, you can customize this string through the <code>--notification-slack-identifier</code> option or the <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_IDENTIFIER</code> environment variable.</p>
<p>Other, optional, variables include:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>--notification-slack-channel</code> (env. <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_CHANNEL</code>): A string which overrides the webhook's default channel. Example: #my-custom-channel.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>--name<span class="w"> </span>watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-v<span class="w"> </span>/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</span><span class="o">=</span>slack<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_HOOK_URL</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxx/yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_IDENTIFIER</span><span class="o">=</span>watchtower-server-1<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_CHANNEL</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="c1">#my-custom-channel \</span>
<span class="w"> </span>containrrr/watchtower
</code></pre></div>
<h3 id="microsoft_teams">Microsoft Teams<a class="headerlink" href="#microsoft_teams" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To receive notifications in MSTeams channel, add <code>msteams</code> to the <code>--notifications</code> option or the <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</code> environment variable.</p>
<p>Additionally, you should set the MSTeams webhook URL using the <code>--notification-msteams-hook</code> option or the <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_MSTEAMS_HOOK_URL</code> environment variable. This option can also reference a file, in which case the contents of the file are used.</p>
<p>MSTeams notifier could send keys/values filled by <code>log.WithField</code> or <code>log.WithFields</code> as MSTeams message facts. To enable this feature add <code>--notification-msteams-data</code> flag or set <code>WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_MSTEAMS_USE_LOG_DATA=true</code> environment variable.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>--name<span class="w"> </span>watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-v<span class="w"> </span>/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</span><span class="o">=</span>msteams<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_MSTEAMS_HOOK_URL</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;https://outlook.office.com/webhook/xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx/IncomingWebhook/yyyyyyyy/zzzzzzzzzz&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_MSTEAMS_USE_LOG_DATA</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nb">true</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>containrrr/watchtower
</code></pre></div>
<h3 id="gotify">Gotify<a class="headerlink" href="#gotify" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To push a notification to your Gotify instance, register a Gotify app and specify the Gotify URL and app token:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>--name<span class="w"> </span>watchtower<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-v<span class="w"> </span>/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS</span><span class="o">=</span>gotify<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_URL</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;https://my.gotify.tld/&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>-e<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_TOKEN</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;SuperSecretToken&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
<span class="w"> </span>containrrr/watchtower
</code></pre></div>
<p><code>-e WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_TOKEN</code> or <code>--notification-gotify-token</code> can also reference a file, in which case the contents of the file are used.</p>
<p>If you want to disable TLS verification for the Gotify instance, you can use either <code>-e WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY=true</code> or <code>--notification-gotify-tls-skip-verify</code>.</p>
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