Patch Notification

Patch Notifications alert you the moment something needs attention, a deployment finishes, a device fails, a ring is waiting for your approval, or a patch is about to miss its SLA due date, so you don't have to keep checking the dashboard or patch lists yourself.

Enable Patch Notification for Your Account

Step 1. Create a Notification Group

1. To create a notification group, navigate to Settings > Notification Groups

2. Select Create New Group to begin

3. In the notification group creation page, fill in configuration fields

Fields	Details
Fill in the group's details	Fill in the group's details, including group name, email format, and group member emails
Choose event triggers	Select Patch Management from the dropdown, then select the checkbox for each event you want this group to receive. You must select at least one.

4. Select Save

Step 2. Assign Notification Group to Account

A notification group only sends alerts once it's assigned to your account.

1. In the left navigation, select Settings > Global

2. Open the Notifications tab

3. Select Assign Group, then choose the notification group you created

Enable Patch Notification for Webhook and SIEM Integration

You can configure patch notification to send email alert to the external security and logging tools your team already monitors.

Webhook

Step 1: Create a webhook. See Webhook guidelines.

Step 2: Create a Notification Group

1. Navigate to Setting > Integration, choose Group under Webhook Integration tab

2. Click Create New Group, then fill in Group Name

3. Under Triggers, select Patch Management from the dropdown, then select the checkbox for each event you want this group to receive. You must select at least one.

4. Select the group and assign it to the account

S3 Log Storage, Syslog, or Google Cloud Logging

1. Navigate to Setting > Integration

2. Choose corresponding tabs

3. Click Enable checkbox

4. Select patch events under Patch Management section

5. Click Save

How Notifications Show Up

Locations	What You'll See
In-app bell	A card with the event title, message, and timestamp. Select it to jump straight to the relevant page
Email	Subject line is the event title. The body shows a simple Event, Details, Time table
Webhook	An HTTP POST to your configured callback URL
S3 Log Storage, Syslog, Google Cloud Logging	A structured log entry alongside your other My OPSWAT Central Management events

Sample Notification Contents

Email

Subject: [My OPSWAT Central Management] New Missing OS Patches detected

My OPSWAT Central Management has automatically generated the following notification:

 If you wish to no longer receive this email, please log into the My OPSWAT Central Management console, and adjust your email notification settings at Settings > Global > Notifications

JSON

Webhook

Syslog

SYSLOG

Common Event Format (CEF)

S3 Log Storage / Google Cloud Logging