ChatOpsPresentation

Code related to my Oracle + ChatOps presentations

Setup

The files to build the SLACK and APPUSER users, sample schema objects, functions called from the API, and permissions are in the sql folder.

Set up Slack

Create an account. Add a channel. Navigate to Create a Slack App. Add "Slash Commands" to the App. It will create a Bot user. Get the OATH and BOT access tokens and save them for later. Create a new command, /dbdo and fill in anything for the Request URL for now, it will be updated later. Add the App to any channels you want it to run in.

Running the app

Get the repo

Pull the repo contents to the application (Python) host.

Install dependencies

yum -y install yum-utils
yum install -y --disablerepo=ol7_developer_EPEL python36
pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install cx_Oracle
python -m pip install flask
pip install Flask-API
pip install python-dotenv
pip install slack
pip install slackclient
pip install slackbot
pip install requests

Set the environment

echo "
export FLASK_APP=dbdo.py
export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/19c/dbhome_1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:\$ORACLE_HOME/lib" >> ~/.bash_profile

Build a Python virtual environment

python3 -m venv ~/py36env
source ~/py36env/bin/activate

Add a TNS entry for the service

If necessary.

Open a firewall port

If necessary. On OCI, also update from the console.

Create users and objects

See the files under the sql subdirectory.

Install ngrok

mkdir ~/ngrok
cd ~/ngrok
wget https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
unzip ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip

Get an authtoken from dashboard.ngrok.com/auth then add it ./ngrok authtoken

Start ngrok

./ngrok http 5000 Note the forwarding address and add it as the Request URL under your Slack App.

Edit the .env file

Substitute relevant information into the .env file.

Run the application

Set the Python virtual environment. Verify FLASK_APP is set. Run: flask run Issue commands via the Slack /dbdo command.

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