---
title: Receive notifications
layout: default
parent: How Tos
nav_order: 12
---
Send Email or Telegram notifications on success or failed backup.
### Email
To send out email notifications on failed backup runs, provide SMTP credentials, a sender and a recipient:
```yaml
services:
mysql-bkup:
image: jkaninda/mysql-bkup
container_name: mysql-bkup
command: backup
volumes:
- ./backup:/backup
environment:
- DB_PORT=3306
- DB_HOST=mysql
- DB_NAME=database
- DB_USERNAME=username
- DB_PASSWORD=password
- MAIL_HOST=
- MAIL_PORT=587
- MAIL_USERNAME=
- MAIL_PASSWORD=!
- MAIL_FROM=sender@example.com
- MAIL_TO=me@example.com,team@example.com,manager@example.com
- MAIL_SKIP_TLS=false
networks:
- web
networks:
web:
```
### Telegram
```yaml
services:
mysql-bkup:
image: jkaninda/mysql-bkup
container_name: mysql-bkup
command: backup
volumes:
- ./backup:/backup
environment:
- DB_PORT=3306
- DB_HOST=mysql
- DB_NAME=database
- DB_USERNAME=username
- DB_PASSWORD=password
- TG_TOKEN=[BOT ID]:[BOT TOKEN]
- TG_CHAT_ID=
networks:
- web
networks:
web:
```
### Customize notifications
The body of the notifications can be tailored to your needs using Go templates.
Template sources must be mounted inside the container in /config/templates:
- email.template: Email notification template
- telegram.template: Telegram notification template
- error.template: Error notification template
> email.template:
```html
[✅ Database Backup Notification – {{.Database}}
Hi,
Backup of the {{.Database}} database has been successfully completed on {{.EndTime}}.
Backup Details:
- Database Name: {{.Database}}
- Backup Start Time: {{.StartTime}}
- Backup End Time: {{.EndTime}}
- Backup Storage: {{.Storage}}
- Backup Location: {{.BackupLocation}}
- Backup Size: {{.BackupSize}} bytes
Best regards,
```
> telegram.template
```html
[✅ Database Backup Notification – {{.Database}}
Hi,
Backup of the {{.Database}} database has been successfully completed on {{.EndTime}}.
Backup Details:
- Database Name: {{.Database}}
- Backup Start Time: {{.StartTime}}
- Backup EndTime: {{.EndTime}}
- Backup Storage: {{.Storage}}
- Backup Location: {{.BackupLocation}}
- Backup Size: {{.BackupSize}} bytes
```
> error.template
```html
🔴 Urgent: Database Backup Failure Notification
An error occurred during database backup.
Failure Details:
Error Message: {{.Error}}
Date: {{.EndTime}}
```