doitintl / AWSlack

Get Slack notifications on AWS CloudWatch events

AWSlack

Prerequisites

• A valid AWS Account.
• Any AWS supported browser. ( Chrome / Firefox / Safari etc. )

Generate Slack API Token

• Go to https://<YOUR_SLACK_TEAM>.slack.com/apps/new/A0F7YS25R-bots
• Enter a name for the bot to post with. (i.e. @aws)
• Click Add bot integration.
• Wait until the UI displays the API Token and copy the string (i.e. xxxx-yyyyyyyyyyyy-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz).
• Keep this token for using in the next step.
• Don't forget to invite your new bot to a channel by @ mentioning it.

Deployment

• Hold down the Ctrl button and Click the Launch Stack button to deploy the stack into your account:

• Paste your API Token in the SlackAPIToken parameter.
• The bot will publish messages to the channel in the DefaultSlackChannel parameter. The default is aws.
• Click Next and Confirm all steps until the stack deploys.

Configure

• Open your browser at AWS DynamoDB Console
• Switch to the Tables tab.
• Select the awslack.tests table and go to the Items tab.
• You can add new tests or change/delete existing tests.
• You can change the slackChannel attribute of each test to another Slack channel.
• Select the awslack.configs table and go to the Items tab.
• You can edit the slackAPIToken and set the value to another slack API token.