Forward log messages via notification ===================================== [⬅️ Go back to main README](../README.md) > ℹ️ **Info**: This script can not be used on its own but requires the base > installation. See [main README](../README.md) for details. Description ----------- RouterOS itself supports sending log messages via e-mail or to a syslog server (see `/system/logging`). This has some limitation, however: * does not work early after boot if network connectivity is not yet established, or breaks intermittently * lots of messages generate a flood of mails * Matrix and Telegram are not supported The script works around the limitations, for example it does: * read from `/log`, including messages from early boot * skip multi-repeated messages * rate-limit itself to mitigate flooding * forward via notification (which includes *e-mail*, *Matrix* and *Telegram* when installed and configured, see below) It is intended to be run periodically from scheduler, then collects new log messages and forwards them via notification. ### Sample notification ![log-forward notification](log-forward.d/notification.avif) Requirements and installation ----------------------------- Just install the script: $ScriptInstallUpdate log-forward; ... and add a scheduler: /system/scheduler/add interval=1m name=log-forward on-event="/system/script/run log-forward;" start-time=startup; Configuration ------------- The configuration goes to `global-config-overlay`, these are the parameters: * `LogForwardFilter`: define topics *not* to be forwarded * `LogForwardFilterMessage`: define message text *not* to be forwarded * `LogForwardInclude`: define topics to be forwarded (even if filter matches) * `LogForwardIncludeMessage`: define message text to be forwarded (even if filter matches) These patterns are matched as [regular expressions](https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Regular_Expressions). To forward **all** (ignoring severity) log messages with topics `account` (which includes user logins) and `dhcp` you need something like: :global LogForwardInclude "(account|dhcp)"; Also notification settings are required for [e-mail](mod/notification-email.md), [matrix](mod/notification-matrix.md) and/or [telegram](mod/notification-telegram.md). Tips & Tricks ------------- ### Notification on reboot You want to receive a notification on every device (re-)boot? Quite easy, just add: :global LogForwardIncludeMessage "(^router rebooted)"; This will match on every log message beginning with `router rebooted`. --- [⬅️ Go back to main README](../README.md) [⬆️ Go back to top](#top)