KangarooBox / lambda-cloudwatch-event-msteams

An AWS Lambda function for better MS Teams notifications generated from CloudWatch events.

lambda-cloudwatch-event-msteams

An AWS Lambda function for better MS Teams notifications generated from CloudWatch events. This work is a direct descendant of lambda-cloudwatch-slack and wouldn't be possible without it.

Overview

This function was originally derived from the lambda-cloudwatch-slack project which was originally derived from the AWS blueprint named cloudwatch-alarm-to-msteams. The function in this repo allows CloudWatch Events to generate MS Teams notifications.

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Configuration

Clone this repository then follow the steps below:

1. Open your MS Teams client and choose a channel to receive your notifications
2. Go to the options screen for that channel and choose "Connectors"
3. Select the "Incoming Webhook" connector, fill in the options and hit the "Create" button
4. Copy the URL to your clipboard and save the connector
5. Copy the env.example file to .env
6. Open the .env file in your editor and update the values inside
   • The WEBHOOK_URL is the URL you copied to your clipboard in an earlier step
   • The COLOR values can be changed as you see fit

Tests

With the variables filled in, you can test the function:

npm install
npm test

License

MIT License