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Parent:: [[Selfhosting]], [[Server Alias]], [[Server Cloud]], [[Server Tools]], [[Server VPN]]

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```button
name Save
type command
action Save current file
id Save
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^button-ConfiguringTelegrambotsNSave

 

# Configuring Telegram bots

 

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This note allows to configure Telegram bots for pairing with certain services.
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### Linking services with a Telegram bot

 

#### Creating a Telegram Bot

1. In Telegram, look for '@BotFather'
2. Initialise with `/start`
3. Create bot with `/newbot`

Record the Token from the message from *BotFather*.

 

#### Getting the Bot's Chat ID

In a terminal, run:

```ad-command
title: Telegram Chat ID
~~~bash
curl https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates | jq .message.chat.id
~~~
```


 

#### Linking Logwatch

Please see full documentation [[GitHub - fxkjdlogwatch-telegram-bot Send logwatch results to your telegram account|here]].

 

#### Linking monit

Please see full documentation [[GitHub - matriphemonit2telegram A simple script to send Monit alerts using Telegram bot.|here]].

 

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### Current bots

 

#### Logwatch and Monit

A bot has been created for [[Configuring Monit|monit]] and Logwatch.

 

```ad-credentials
title: Credentials
| Variable | Value
| - | -
| Name | Logwatch_servers
| Username | [mbvservers_bot](https://t.me/mbvservers_bot)
| Token | 5218097204:AAEnsZLTk4TTk-X-MceuoIGX0IQWLkngM4E
| Chat ID | 1622082350
```