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Telegram bot
Computer
Server
Communication
Monitoring
2022-03-10 Personal NonRoot true

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


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Configuring Telegram bots

title: Summary
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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:

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.

Linking monit

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

Linking fail2ban

Please see full documentation GitHub - deividgdtfail2ban_telegram_notifications Sending fail2ban notifications using a Telegram bot for SSH monitoring.


Current bots

Logwatch and Monit

A bot has been created for Configuring Monit and Logwatch.

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

Alias Server

title: Credentials
| Variable | Value
| - | -
| Name | Alias Server
| Username | [AliasServer_bot](https://t.me/AliasServer_bot)
| Token | 5152026161:AAEz4uzDmu8NwrQ5keVmeQNoW4crFVNA0Mg
| Chat ID | 1622082350

Cloud Server

title: Credentials
| Variable | Value
| - | -
| Name | Cloud Server
| Username | [CloudServer_mfxm_bot](https://t.me/CloudServer_mfxm_bot)
| Token | 5195880175:AAHn9EeBWX0tNszSX4MvWUtJ2I3K8wmCIKw
| Chat ID | 1622082350

Tools Server

title: Credentials
| Variable | Value
| - | -
| Name | Tools Server
| Username | [Tools_mfxm_bot](https://t.me/Tools_mfxm_bot)
| Token | 5084726395:AAGCxr7VvG_fsrO7JWexlQgPt3dtwCijKjY
| Chat ID | 1622082350

VPN Server

title: Credentials
| Variable | Value
| - | -
| Name | VPN Server
| Username | [VPN_mfxm_bot](https://t.me/VPN_mfxm_bot)
| Token | 5159102890:AAFt6QIaUiWZsskc9CFveJBHORjmZYgzTiE
| Chat ID | 1622082350