### Author:  [@iiAmLoz](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/iiAmLoz)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/3 "2024-09-23T08:20:17Z")
`cscli decisions add` do not trigger notifications. You can test it by using the above commands by @verybadsoldier OR if you want the manual decisions you can reinject the alert ID but using `test` command is the best.
---
### Author:  [@dev-mansonthomas](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/dev-mansonthomas)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/4 "2024-09-25T09:40:17Z")
> [@verybadsoldier](#):
>
> cscli notifications test
```auto
~$ cscli notifications list
────────────────────────────────────────────────
Name Type Profile name
────────────────────────────────────────────────
email_default email default_ip_remediation
────────────────────────────────────────────────
```
But, there’s no “test” command for notifications
```auto
cscli notifications test email_default
To list/inspect/test notification template
Usage:
cscli notifications [command]
Aliases:
notifications, notifications, notification
Available Commands:
inspect Inspect active notifications plugin configuration
list List active notifications plugins
reinject reinject alert into notifications system
Flags:
-h, --help help for notifications
Global Flags:
--color string Output color: yes, no, auto. (default "auto")
-c, --config string path to crowdsec config file (default "/etc/crowdsec/config.yaml")
--debug Set logging to debug.
--error Set logging to error.
--info Set logging to info.
-o, --output string Output format: human, json, raw.
--trace Set logging to trace.
--warning Set logging to warning.
Use "cscli notifications [command] --help" for more information about a command.
```
I’ve installed CrowdSec from Ubuntu 24.04.1 packges with apt.
```auto
apt info crowdsec
Package: crowdsec
Version: 1.6.3
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Crowdsec Team
Installed-Size: 175 MB
Depends: coreutils
Suggests: cron
Download-Size: 40.6 MB
APT-Sources: https://packagecloud.io/crowdsec/crowdsec/any any/main arm64 Packages
Description: Crowdsec - An open-source, lightweight agent to detect and respond to bad behaviors. It also automatically benefits from our global community-wide IP reputation database
```
---
### Author:  [@iiAmLoz](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/iiAmLoz)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/5 "2024-09-25T11:28:31Z")
Do you have two `cscli` on your system?
```auto
which -a cscli
```
---
### Author:  [@dev-mansonthomas](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/dev-mansonthomas)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/6 "2024-09-25T12:25:59Z")
indeed, but If I try with the other one, (/usr/bin) I get the same result.
I’ve just installed Ubuntu, the system is brand new.
I’ve ran :
```auto
apt install crowdsec
cscli collections install crowdsecurity/sshd
curl -s [https://install.crowdsec.net](https://install.crowdsec.net/) | sh
apt install crowdsec-firewall-bouncer-nftables
```
I did run the curl one otherwise the `apt install crowdsec-firewall-bouncer-nftables` would not work. Maybe this messed up things ?
Should I avoid the distro package completely ?
```auto
tom@home:~$ which -a cscli
/usr/bin/cscli
/bin/cscli
tom@home:~$ which cscli
/usr/bin/cscli
tom@home:~$
tom@home:~$ /bin/cscli notifications test email_default
To list/inspect/test notification template
Usage:
cscli notifications [command]
Aliases:
notifications, notifications, notification
Available Commands:
inspect Inspect active notifications plugin configuration
list List active notifications plugins
reinject reinject alert into notifications system
Flags:
-h, --help help for notifications
Global Flags:
--color string Output color: yes, no, auto. (default "auto")
-c, --config string path to crowdsec config file (default "/etc/crowdsec/config.yaml")
--debug Set logging to debug.
--error Set logging to error.
--info Set logging to info.
-o, --output string Output format: human, json, raw.
--trace Set logging to trace.
--warning Set logging to warning.
Use "cscli notifications [command] --help" for more information about a command.
```
---
### Author:  [@verybadsoldier](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/verybadsoldier)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/7 "2024-09-25T16:03:18Z")
That’s my docker container:
```auto
version: v1.6.3-4851945a
Codename: alphaga
BuildDate: 2024-09-12_09:37:12
GoVersion: 1.22.6
Platform: docker
libre2: C++
User-Agent: crowdsec/v1.6.3-4851945a-docker
Constraint_parser: >= 1.0, <= 3.0
Constraint_scenario: >= 1.0, <= 3.0
Constraint_api: v1
Constraint_acquis: >= 1.0, < 2.0
75f0aee23bcb:/# cscli notifications -h
To list/inspect/test notification template
Usage:
cscli notifications [command]
Aliases:
notifications, notifications, notification
Available Commands:
inspect Inspect notifications plugin
list list notifications plugins
reinject reinject an alert into profiles to trigger notifications
test send a generic test alert to notification plugin
Flags:
-h, --help help for notifications
Global Flags:
--color string Output color: yes, no, auto (default "auto")
-c, --config string path to crowdsec config file (default "/etc/crowdsec/config.yaml")
--debug Set logging to debug
--error Set logging to error
--info Set logging to info
-o, --output string Output format: human, json, raw
--trace Set logging to trace
--warning Set logging to warning
```
---
### Author:  [@iiAmLoz](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/iiAmLoz)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/8 "2024-09-25T16:29:18Z")
> [@dev-mansonthomas](#):
>
> Should I avoid the distro package completely ?
The distro package is on version `1.4.6` so is very outdated you should install the package from our repository. I believe `apt info crowdsec` you are showing is not the installed version, `apt list --installed | grep crowdsec` this might show you the older version that is.
---
### Author:  [@dev-mansonthomas](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/dev-mansonthomas)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/9 "2024-09-26T09:32:41Z")
Indeed, the start of /var/logs/crowdsec.log shows :
`time="21-09-2024 12:45:56" level=info msg="Crowdsec v1.4.6-6ubuntu0.24.04.1-linux-debian"`
```auto
apt info crowdsec
Package: crowdsec
Version: 1.6.3
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Crowdsec Team
```
Running this command shows it’s 1.4.6, but upgradable to 1.6.3.
```auto
apt list --installed | grep crowdsec
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
crowdsec-firewall-bouncer-nftables/any,now 0.0.30 arm64 [installed]
crowdsec/noble-updates,noble-security,now 1.4.6-6ubuntu0.24.04.1 arm64 [installed,upgradable to: 1.6.3]
```
Since I’ve run `curl -s https://install.crowdsec.net | sh` to get `apt install crowdsec-firewall-bouncer-nftables` to work, I also can get the 1.6.3 version of the package.
Upgrading crowdsec, I can see that it fetches the package from
`Get:7 https://packagecloud.io/crowdsec/crowdsec/any any/main arm64 crowdsec arm64 1.6.3 [40.6 MB]`
I’ll reapply my configuration, and let you know if it works 🙂
Thanks for spotting this !
---
### Author:  [@iiAmLoz](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/iiAmLoz)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/10 "2024-09-26T09:42:40Z")
Just note deploying our version over the debian package comes with conflicts as the way the debian package is designed it uses `/usr/share` for data items which is not where the main package uses them.
The convert the data items to the correct places I created this [helper script](https://gist.github.com/LaurenceJJones/6960107296145e8e365009973b9d7f6d)
---
### Author:  [@dev-mansonthomas](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/dev-mansonthomas)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/11 "2024-09-26T10:23:09Z")
Thanks, the notifications now works.
I’ve run your script, I’ve got a single FATAL in the middle of the script execution :
```auto
INFO Run 'sudo systemctl reload crowdsec' for the new configuration to be effective.
FATA requires at least 1 arg(s), only received 0
```
---
### Author:  [@iiAmLoz](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/iiAmLoz)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/12 "2024-09-26T10:51:20Z")
Ahh good point, most likely one the parameters is an empty file so that would happen.
I can update the script to precheck if there are any items before attempting to load them again 👍
However, this shouldnt cause an error within CrowdSec only just in my script.
EDIT: it seems recent changes to the hub have broken the script my recommendation is to do
```auto
apt purge crowdsec -y
rm -rf /etc/crowdsec/
rm -rf /var/lib/crowdsec/
```
then install latest and it will reconfigure itself.
---
### Author:  [@dev-mansonthomas](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/dev-mansonthomas)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/13 "2024-09-26T11:10:53Z")
> [@iiAmLoz](#):
>
> `rm -rf /var/lib/crowdsec/`
So remove, reinstall, update the configuration and then I don’t need to run your script ?
---
### Author:  [@iiAmLoz](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/iiAmLoz)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/14 "2024-09-26T11:11:34Z")
Exactly, here an issue [[hub] introduce cscli hub fix command · Issue #3264 · crowdsecurity/crowdsec · GitHub](https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/issues/3264)
---
### Author:  [@dev-mansonthomas](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/dev-mansonthomas)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/email-notification-not-sent/2026/15 "2024-09-26T11:15:36Z")
> [@iiAmLoz](#):
>
> [hub] introduce cscli hub fix command · Issue #3264 · crowdsecurity/crowdsec · GitHub
Thanks a lot for your help 🙂