Ubuntu 26.04

Keepalived : Set Email Notification2026/07/03

 

Set Email Notification when failover or failback happened.

This example is based on the environment like follows.

                            VIP:10.0.0.30
+----------------------+          |          +----------------------+
|  [node01.srv.world]  |10.0.0.51 | 10.0.0.52|  [node02.srv.world]  |
|     Keepalived#1     +----------+----------+     Keepalived#2     |
|                      |                     |                      |
+----------------------+                     +----------------------+

[1]

Install SMTP Server on all Nodes, refer to here.
If you use SMTP only on localhost, select [Local only] during the installation and it does not need to configure postfix manually.

[2] In addition to basic Keepalived settings like here, set Email notification on all Nodes.
root@node01:~#
vi /etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf
global_defs {
    router_id node01
    # add SMTP setting
    notification_email {
        root@localhost
    }
    notification_email_from root@node01.srv.world
    smtp_server localhost
    smtp_connect_timeout 30
}

vrrp_instance VRRP1 {
    state MASTER
    # nopreempt
    interface enp1s0
    virtual_router_id 101
    priority 200
    advert_int 1
    virtual_ipaddress {
        10.0.0.30/24
    }
    # add
    smtp_alert
}

root@node01:~#
systemctl reload keepalived
[3] That's OK. Verify Email notification.
# node that some troubles happened

root@node01:~#
mail

"/var/mail/root": 1 message 1 new
>N   1 root@node01.srv.wo Fri Jul  3 00:20  15/544   [node01] VRRP Instance VRRP1 - Entering FAULT state
? 1
Return-Path: <root@node01.srv.world>
X-Original-To: root@localhost
Delivered-To: root@localhost
Received: from node01.srv.world (localhost [127.0.0.1])
        by node01.srv.world (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CD6C60247
        for <root@localhost>; Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:20:29 +0000 (UTC)
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:20:29 +0000
From: root@node01.srv.world
Subject: [node01] VRRP Instance VRRP1 - Entering FAULT state
X-Mailer: Keepalived
To: root@localhost
Message-Id: <20260703002029.7CD6C60247@node01.srv.world>

=> VRRP Instance is no longer owning VRRP VIPs <=

# backup node

root@node02:~#
mail

"/var/mail/root": 2 messages 1 new
>N   1 root@node02.srv.wo Fri Jul  3 00:20  15/539   [node02] VRRP Instance VRRP1 - Entering MASTER state
> 1
Return-Path: <root@node02.srv.world>
X-Original-To: root@localhost
Delivered-To: root@localhost
Received: from node02.srv.world (localhost [127.0.0.1])
        by node02.srv.world (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BDE260247
        for <root@localhost>; Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:20:32 +0000 (UTC)
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:20:32 +0000
From: root@node02.srv.world
Subject: [node02] VRRP Instance VRRP1 - Entering MASTER state
X-Mailer: Keepalived
To: root@localhost
Message-Id: <20260703002032.3BDE260247@node02.srv.world>

=> VRRP Instance is now owning VRRP VIPs <=
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