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Notification rules

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To prevent infinite loops of cause and effect (events created by policies which are attached to a notification rule), any events created by a policy which is attached to any notification rules do not trigger notifications.

An authentik administrator can create notification rules based on the creation of specified events. Filtering of events is processed by the authentik Policy Engine, using a combination of both 1) a policy and 2) a notification rule.

Workflow overview​

To receive notifications about events, follow this workflow:

  1. Create a notification transport (or use a default notification transport).
  2. Create a policy.
  3. Create a notification rule and bind the policy to the rule.

1. Create a notification transport​

A notification transport determines the method used to deliver notifications to users. Supported delivery methods are: local notifications displayed in the authentik UI, email, and webhook. Follow these instructions to create a notification transport.

2. Create a policy​

You will need to create a policy (either the Event Matcher policy or a custom Expression policy) that defines which events will trigger a notification.

Event Matcher policy​

For simple event matching you can create and configure an Event Matcher policy to define which events (known as Actions in the policy) will trigger a notification. For example, whenever a user deletes a model object, or whenever any user fails to successfully log in.

Be aware that an event has to match all configured fields in the policy, otherwise the notification rule will not trigger.

Expression policy for events​

To match events with an Expression Policy, you can write code like so:

if "event" not in request.context:
    return False

return ip_address(request.context["event"].client_ip) in ip_network('192.0.2.0/24')

For more code examples, see notification rule expression policies.

3. Create a notification rule and bind it to the policy​

After you've created the policies to match the events you want, create a notification rule.

  1. Log in as an administrator, open the authentik Admin interface, and navigate to Event > Notification Rules.

  2. Click Create to add a new notification rule or click the Edit icon next to an existing rule to modify it.

  3. Define the policy configurations, and then click Create or Update to save the settings.

  • Note that policies are executed regardless of whether a group is selected. However, notifications are only triggered when a group is selected.
  • You also have to select which notification transport should be used to send the notification. Two notification transports are created by default:
    • default-email-transport: Delivers notifications via email using the global email configuration.
    • default-local-transport: Delivers notifications within the authentik UI.

  1. In the list of notification rules, click the arrow in the row of the notification rule to expand the details of the rule.

  2. Click Bind existing Policy/Group/User and in the Create Binding modal, select the policy that you created for this notification rule and then click Create to finalize the binding.

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Be aware that policies are executed even when no group is selected.