Logwatch Telegram Bot

This repository includes a guide to send the logwatch results to your Telegram Bot.

Installing

Prerequisites

The following need to be installed:

• Logwatch
• Curl

See Related Links for more information about how to install and configure logwatch.

Setting up

In Telegram

Create a Telegram Bot in order to obtain the BOT TOKEN (More info).

Start a conversation with your new Telegram Bot and obtain the CHAT_ID. You can obtain the CHAT_ID using the telegram API:

$ curl https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOT TOKEN>/getUpdates

Replace both of them in the logwatch.sh script.

In your server

Create (if not already created) the /root/logwatch_bot/logs and /var/cache/logwatch/ folders.

Copy the logwatch.sh script in /root/logwatch_bot folder. Ensure it has execution permissions.

Edit the crontab.

$ crontab -e

Add the following line to send the logwatch results every day at 8.00 AM.

0 8 * * * /bin/bash /root/logwatch_bot/logwatch.sh

Related Links

• How To Install and Use Logwatch Log Analyzer and Reporter on a VPS
• Logwatch - ArchWiki
• OpenVPN logwatch script