Adding gotify to my homelab

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Gotify

a simple server for sending and receiving messages

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Why it worked

The video provides a practical, step-by-step guide for a niche but engaged audience (homelab enthusiasts) on setting up a useful tool. The clear demonstration and visual appeal of seeing notifications arrive on a phone likely resonated with viewers seeking similar functionality.

Summary

The video demonstrates how to add Gotify, a notification service, to a homelab environment using Portainer and Docker. It shows the process of setting up Gotify, creating a test app, sending a test message, and how the notifications appear on both the web interface and a mobile app.

Structure

1Adding Gotify to homelab
2Setting up Gotify via Portainer/Docker
3Creating a test app in Gotify
4Sending a test notification

Original caption

Getting homelab notifications straight to my phone #homelab #selfhosted #docker #techtok #sysadmin

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Product placement

Gotify: Acts - it is a notification service that sends alerts to users' phones. Its interface is operated, and it generates notifications. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Portainer: Acts - it is a management UI for Docker. Its interface is operated to deploy Gotify. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Proxmox Virtual Environment: Acts - it is a virtualization platform. Its interface is operated to deploy Gotify. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Docker: Acts - it is a containerization platform. It is used to deploy Gotify. Removing it would change what happens in the video.

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Adding gotify to my homelab Can notify me for: - completed backups - server going down - custom scripts i run - webhooks *logging in and creating a test app* *sending a test message*

Transcript

Adding gotify to my homelab Adding gotify to my homelab Can notify me for: - completed backups - server going down - custom scripts i run - webhooks Gotify will send me notifications to my phone. I can set up any types of alerts such as a backup. *logging in and creating a test app* *sending a test message* Here's how the notification looks on the web app. Here's how it looks on the app.