# Building a Simple System Log Dashboard and Alert Workflow with n8n

DevFeed: [Building a Simple System Log Dashboard and Alert Workflow with n8n](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-a-simple-system-log-dashboard-and-alert-workflow-with-n8n-65811.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://noted.lol/system-log-dashboard-n8n/>)

Author: Jeremy

Published: 2025-10-21T14:06:53Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Noted](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/noted.md>)

Topics: [n8n](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/n8n.md>), [workflow automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/workflow-automation.md>), [log management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/log-management.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [alert triage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/alert-triage.md>)

Tags: [alert](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alert.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [dashboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboard.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [n8n](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/n8n.md>), [self-hosted-automation-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted-automation-tools.md>), [self-hosted-monitoring-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted-monitoring-tools.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial shows how to build an n8n workflow that collects Ubuntu system logs, parses errors, SSH login attempts, kernel warnings, and network connections, then renders them in a downloadable HTML dashboard. An If node and Ntfy node send notifications when failed SSH login attempts are detected.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to build a clean system log dashboard and smart SSH alert workflow using n8n. This guide walks through real log parsing, visual dashboards, and notifications when login attempts fail.