MOTD

Plugin from Derek Kaser

Overview

Display system information (CPU, memory, disk usage, service status, etc.) after SSH/console login.

Introduction

License: GPL v3 GitHub Releases Last Commit GitHub Downloads (all assets, all releases) GitHub Downloads (all assets, latest release)

Configuration

Configuration can be stored at /boot/config/plugins/motd/config.yaml.

To view the full configuration, run motd --dump-config

Global

  • warnings_only will hide content unless there is a warning, per-module override available
  • display arrange module output in columns. Either one or two modules can be included per row.
  • border draw borders around the output of each module.
display:
  - [sysinfo]
  - [docker, cpu]
  - [services, networks]
  - [user-drives, system-drives]

Header

  • show display fancy header at beginning of output
  • use_hostname if true, display the hostname. If false, display custom_text
  • font select font to use for output. Run figurine -l to get a list of available fonts, or figurine -sl Test to view a sample of all fonts.

Generic options

  • warnings_only overrides global setting for that module only
  • border overrides global setting for that module only

CPU temperatures

  • warn/crit are temperatures to consider warning or critical level

Disk usage

  • warn/crit percentage of disk space used before it is considered a warning or critical level, default is 70% and 90% respectively

Docker

  • ignore list of ignored container names

Network

  • show_ipv4 / show_ipv6 show IPv4/IPv6 addresses in output

System information

No extra config

Install MOTD on Unraid in a few clicks.

Find MOTD in Community Apps on your Unraid server, review the template, and click Install. Unraid handles the Docker app or plugin setup from the published template.

Open the Apps tab on your Unraid server Search Community Apps for MOTD Review the template variables and paths Click Install

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Repository
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dkaser/unraid-motd/main/plugin/motd.plg
Last Updated2026-07-17
First Seen2024-10-15