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Summary

The Events Reporting feature provides the possibility to configure rules that inform of via SMS oremail when certain trigger events occur.

This page is an overview of the Events Reporting section for {{{name}}} devices.

Events Reporting Rules

The Events Reporting Rules window section is used to manage existing Events Reporting rules and to add new ones. Events Reporting Rules trigger on certain, user specified events and send an SMS message oremail to a specified number informing of the occurred event.

All possible trigger events are listed in the table below.

Event	Description
Config change	Informs on changes to the device's configuration. Possible triggers are: Any config change Specific config change
New DHCP client	Informs on new DHCP lease give outs. Possible triggers are: Connected from LAN All
Reboot	Informs after device reboot occurrences. Possible triggers are: From button From Input/Output From Ping Reboot From Reboot Scheduler From WebUI All
SSH	Informs on successful or unsuccessful SSH login attempts. Possible triggers are: Successful authentication Unsuccessful authentication All
WebUI	Informs on successful or unsuccessful HTTP/HTTPS login attempts. Possible triggers are: Successful authentication Unsuccessful authentication All

Events Reporting Configuration

The Events Reporting Rules list is empty by default. Before you can begin configuration you must add at least one new rule. This can be done by clicking the 'Add' button:

After adding a rule you should be redirected to its configuration page.

Reboot | SSH | WebUI ; default: Config change The event that you wish to receive notifications on. Event type Varies Specific event sub-type that will trigger the rule. The value of this field changes in accordance with the selection of the 'Event' field. Action Send SMS | Send email; default: Send SMS Selects the method of reporting on the specified event. Message text on Event string; default: Router name - %rn; Event type - %et; Event text - %ex; Time stamp - %ts; Text to be included in the body of report message. Recipients Single number | Group; default: Single number Specifies whether the recipient should be a single number or a group of numbers. Recipient's phone number phone number; default: none Phone number of the recipient. The phone number must be entered in the international format, without spaces or other symbols (for example: +37068163951)

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Send email

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When an Events Reporting rule is configured to send emails, the device (this {{{name}}}) will connect to an existing email account when a user specified trigger event occurs and send an email to another email address informing of the occurred event.

In order to send emails, the device requires access to an existing email account. You can configure email accounts in the System → Administration → [[{{{name}}} Administration#Recipients|Recipients]] page. Allowing access to less secure apps may be required for some email service providers.

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on; default: on	Turns the rule on or off.
Event	Config change | New DHCP client | Mobile data | SMS}} | Signal Strength | Reboot | SSH | WebUI ; default: Config change	The event that you wish to receive notifications on.
Event type	Varies	Specific event sub-type that will trigger the rule. The value of this field changes in accordance with the selection of the 'Event' field.
Action	Send SMS | Send email; default: Send SMS	Selects the method of reporting on the specified event.
Subject	string; default: none	Subject of the sent email.
Message text on Event	string; default: Router name - %rn; Event type - %et; Event text - %ex; Time stamp - %ts;	Text to be included in the body of report email.
Email account	email account; default: none	The account that will be used to send an email.
Recipient's email address	email address; default: none	Email address of the recipient.
Send test email	- (interactive button)	Sends an email based on the current configuration. This is used to test whether the configuration works as intended.

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