Chapter 4. Integrating with Slack

Prerequisites

1. You need an administrator account or a user account with permissions to create webhooks.

Procedure

1. Create a new Slack app:

   Note

   If you want to use an existing Slack app, go to https://api.slack.com/apps and select an app.

   1. Navigate to https://api.slack.com/apps/new.
   2. Enter the App Name and choose a Development Slack Workspace to install your app.
   3. Click Create App.
2. On the settings page, Basic Information section, select Incoming Webhooks (under Add features and functionality).
3. Turn on the Activate Incoming Webhooks toggle.
4. Select Add New Webhook to Workspace.
5. Choose a channel that the app will post to, and then select Authorize. The page refreshes and you are sent back to your app settings page.
6. Copy the webhook URL located in the Webhook URLs for Your Workspace section.

Procedure

1. On the RHACS portal, navigate to Platform Configuration Integrations.
2. Scroll down to the Notifier Integrations section and select Slack.
3. Click New Integration (add icon).
4. Enter a name for Integration Name.
5. Enter the generated webhook URL in the Default Slack Webhook field.
6. Select Test (checkmark icon) to test that the integration with Slack is working.
7. Select Create (save icon) to create the configuration.

Procedure

1. On the RHACS portal, navigate to Platform Configuration Policies.
2. Select one or more policies for which you want to send alerts.
3. Under Bulk actions, select Enable notification.

4. In the Enable notification window, select the Slack notifier.

   Note

   If you have not configured any other integrations, the system displays a message that no notifiers are configured.

5. Click Enable.