Telegram notifications

Telegram alerts come from our bot, @UptimeVanguardbot.

Add the channel

1. Open Alerting and click Add channel.
2. Select Telegram, enter a name and click Create Channel.
3. Open the channel's edit page. You can also click Link chat on the channel card. The page shows a command like /start <code>.
4. Send this exact command to @UptimeVanguardbot. Use a private chat, or a group that has the bot as a member.
5. The bot confirms the link. Click Send test to check it.

Until a chat is linked, a test fails with a message that asks you to send the /start command first.

Keep the code secret. Anyone who sends it to the bot links their chat to this channel.

Alerts in Telegram

• A down alert has buttons: Open incident, Re-check now and Mute this site….
• You can mute a monitor for 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, 1 week or until 08:00 tomorrow.
• The bot also answers /help and /status.

Telegram gets every alert type, also performance alerts.