selfhosted-apps-docker/gotify-ntfy-signal

gotify ntfy signal

guide-by-example

Purpose & Overview

Instant notifications if email feels old timey and crowded

• gotify
• ntfy
• bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api

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Overview

• gotify - great for single person use, but the moment theres more people they need to share single account and so lack the ability to choose what to get and what not to get.
• ntfy - simple original approach to just subscribing to "topics" without authentification. Very simple single line push notification. Support for multiple user, supports ios.
• signal-cli-rest-api - no gui, need a sim card phone number registred, notification are just send to phone numbers. Signal wide spread might make it a winner, since you are not asking people to install an another app.

Afte few weeks of tinkering with these... ntfy is the winner for me, for now.
Compose files for the other two are at the end.

docker-compose for ntfy

docker-compose.yml

services:

  ntfy:
    image: binwiederhier/ntfy
    container_name: ntfy
    hostname: ntfy
    env_file: .env
    restart: unless-stopped
    command:
      - serve
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./ntfy_cache:/var/cache/ntfy
      - ./ntfy_etc:/etc/ntfy

networks:
  default:
    name: $DOCKER_MY_NETWORK
    external: true

.env

# GENERAL
DOCKER_MY_NETWORK=caddy_net
TZ=Europe/Bratislava

Reverse proxy

Caddy is used, details here.

Caddyfile

ntfy.{$MY_DOMAIN} {
  reverse_proxy ntfy:80
}

The usage

Documentation

ntfy uses "topics" for categorization, which creates a very handy disconnect from sender and receiver.
Lets say there's a minecraft server and there are notifications when someone joins. These notifications are send to a minecraft topic, not to a specific users. Users can subscribe to the topic if they want those notifications. This gives great flexibility and is the main reason why ntfy wins over other solutions.

Linux

curl -d "a player joined" https://ntfy.example.com/minecraft

Windows

• win10+

  Invoke-RestMethod -Method 'Post' -Uri https://ntfy.example.com/minecraft -Body "a player joined" -UseBasicParsing

• win8.1 and older need bit extra for https to work
  

  [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
  Invoke-RestMethod -Method 'Post' -Uri https://ntfy.example.com/minecraft -Body "a player joined" -UseBasicParsing
  

systemd unit file service

To allows use of ntfy OnFailure and OnSuccess inside systemd unit files.

To send useful info specifiers are used.

• %n - full unit name
• %p - prefix part of the name
• %i - instance name, between @ and suffix
• %H - machine hostname

Systemd template unit file is used. These contains @ to allow for dynamical naming at runtime. They are called with additional info added between @ and the suffix .service

ntfy@.service

[Unit]
Description=ntfy notification service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/bin/curl -d "%i | %H" https://ntfy.example.com/systemd

Example of a service using the above defined service to send notifications.

borg.service

[Unit]
Description=BorgBackup docker
OnFailure=ntfy@failure-%p.service
OnSuccess=ntfy@success-%p.service

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/opt/borg_backup.sh

Grafana to ntfy

Alerting in grafana to ntfy works, but its ugly with just json shown.

To solve this

• Add container grafana-to-ntfy. Set in .env ntfy local url
• in grafana set contact point webhook aimed at http://grafana-to-ntfy:8080, with credentials from the .env

docker-compose.yml

services:

  ntfy:
    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.4.0
    container_name: ntfy
    hostname: ntfy
    env_file: .env
    restart: unless-stopped
    command:
      - serve
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./ntfy_cache:/var/cache/ntfy
      - ./ntfy_etc:/etc/ntfy

  grafana-to-ntfy:
    container_name: grafana-to-ntfy
    hostname: grafana-to-ntfy
    image: kittyandrew/grafana-to-ntfy
    restart: unless-stopped
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
  

networks:
  default:
    name: $DOCKER_MY_NETWORK
    external: true

.env

# GENERAL
DOCKER_MY_NETWORK=caddy_net
TZ=Europe/Bratislava

NTFY_URL=http://ntfy:80/whatever
BAUTH_USER=admin
BAUTH_PASS=test

gotify and signal compose

gotify-docker-compose.yml

services:

  gotify:
    image: gotify/server
    container_name: gotify
    hostname: gotify
    restart: unless-stopped
    env_file: .env
    volumes:
      - "./gotify_data:/app/data"

networks:
  default:
    name: caddy_net
    external: true

signal-docker-compose.yml

  signal:
    image: bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api
    container_name: signal
    hostname: signal
    env_file: .env
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - "./signal-cli-config:/home/.local/share/signal-cli" #map "signal-cli-config" folder on host system into docker container. the folder contains the password and cryptographic keys when a new number is registered

networks:
  default:
    name: caddy_net
    external: true

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