Create a Slack application¶

You need a custom Slack application for your organization so your self hosted Robusta can send alerts to Slack.

Prerequisites¶

Have a self_host_values.yaml configuration file.

Set up the app template json¶

We’ll use a template to create a Robusta app.

Copy the template to a file and replace all instances of MY_DOMAIN in the template with your domain.

You can also find MY_DOMAIN in your self_host_values.yaml file under DOMAIN.

 {
     "display_information": {
         "name": "Robusta (self-hosted)",
         "description": "Robusta automates Kubernetes maintenance directly from your Slack workspace",
         "background_color": "#565659",
         "long_description": "Improving cloud maintenance by providing state-of-the art automation tools.\r\n\r\nTurn your operations into re-usable runbooks that were built for the modern cloud. \r\n\r\nShare best practices with your colleagues for automatically enriching errors, troubleshooting bugs, and remediating known issues."
     },
     "features": {
         "bot_user": {
             "display_name": "Robusta (self-hosted)",
             "always_online": false
         }
     },
     "oauth_config": {
         "redirect_urls": [
             "https://api.MY_DOMAIN/integrations/slack/code-verify"
         ],
         "scopes": {
             "bot": [
                 "chat:write",
                 "chat:write.public",
                 "files:write"
             ]
         }
     },
     "settings": {
         "interactivity": {
             "is_enabled": true,
             "request_url": "https://api.MY_DOMAIN/integrations/slack/handle-action"
         },
         "org_deploy_enabled": false,
         "socket_mode_enabled": false,
         "token_rotation_enabled": false
     }
 }

Build and Install the Slack app¶

Go to Slack apps
Click create new app (on top right corner).
Choose “From app manifest” (down on the left menu).
Choose your desired workspace. (step 1)
Choose JSON format (step 2), and paste your copy of the app template into the form.
Select create (step 3)
Go to your app page -> Basic Information
Find Install your app and install it to the relevant workspace.
Go to Display Information and add our App icon

Use the created app credentials¶

In this part we will update the self_host_values.yaml file to use your app credentials.

Go to your app page -> Basic Information
In the App Credentials section find: Client ID, Client Secret and Signing Secret.
Fill slackClientId, slackClientSecret and slackSigningSecret respectively.

 slackClientId: "<your-client-id>"
 slackClientSecret: "<your-client-secret>"
 slackSigningSecret: "<your-signing-secret>"