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tags:
  - GIT
  - CI/CD
  - CI-CD
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Here is how to add instant notifications to your setup and solve the common homelab issue of mismatched storage paths between your testing runner and your live production server.

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🔔 Part 1: Send a Discord or Telegram Notification

You can easily append a notification step to the very end of your workflow. By utilizing Gitea's conditional blocks (`if: always()`), you can ensure you get notified whether the deployment succeeds or crashes.

Option A: Sending to Discord

1. Open your Discord server, go to your target channel settings, click **Integrations**, and create a **Webhook**. Copy the URL.
2. Store that URL in your Gitea Repository Secrets as `DISCORD_WEBHOOK`.

	      - name: Send Discord Status Notification
	        if: always() # Ensures this runs even if the deployment failed
	        uses: https://github.com
	        with:
	          verify: false
	          url: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
          
          # Evaluates the final outcome of the job to change the message dynamically
          title: "Homelab Deployment: ${{ job.status == 'success' && '✅ SUCCESS' || '❌ FAILED' }}"
          description: "The commit '${{ gitea.event.head_commit.message }}' by ${{ gitea.actor }} has finished processing."
          color: ${{ job.status == 'success' && '0x00FF00' || '0xFF0000' }}

Option B: Sending to Telegram

1. Message `@BotFather` on Telegram to create a new bot and copy your **Bot Token**.
2. Message `@userinfobot` to find your personal **Chat ID**.
3. Save these in Gitea Secrets as `TELEGRAM_TOKEN` and `TELEGRAM_TO`.
      - `name: Send Telegram Status Notification`
        `if: always()`
        `uses: https://github.com`
        `with:`
          `token: ${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_TOKEN }}`
          `to: ${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_TO }}`
          `message: |`
            `Homelab Deploy Status: ${{ job.status }}`
            `Actor: ${{ gitea.actor }}`
            `Commit: ${{ gitea.event.head_commit.message }}`