Integrate Chef Automate Workflow with Slack

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Chef Automate may be configured to allow projects to send Slack notifications to users about changes submitted to that project’s pipeline, such as:

  • A change passed verification
  • A change was approved by a teammate
  • A comment was added to the change request
  • A change was accepted
  • A change was delivered
  • A change failed at a specific stage in the pipeline

Integrating Chef Automate with Slack requires a webhook to be created in Slack, and then saving that webhook in Chef Automate. A webhook may be specified at two levels:

  • By organization. A webhook that is specified at the organization level enables Slack notifications for all projects that belong to that organization.
  • By project. A webhook that is specified at the project level enables Slack notifications only for that project.

Note

Notifications sent to Slack by Chef Automate do not support retries. Therefore, notifications sent while Slack is experiencing API issues, outages, or some other unplanned downtime may never be received by the channel. Undelivered notifications are not re-sent.

Create a Webhook

To create a webhook in Slack:

  1. Create an incoming webhook in Slack and be sure to use the team in Slack to be associated with Chef Automate.
  2. Select a team, and then click the Configure button.
  3. Select Add Configuration (if that team already has at least one webhook) or Install to add a webhook.
  4. Under Post to Channel select the channel in Slack to which Chef Automate will send notifications.
  5. Click Add Incoming Webhooks Integration. Slack will create the new webhook, and then provide a location from which the URL for that webhook can be copied.
  6. Copy the URL.

Add a Webhook to Chef Automate

To add a Slack webhook for Chef Automate:

  1. On the Chef Automate server, select Organizations.
  2. Select an organization or a project.
  3. Click Edit to open the details for that organization or project.
  4. Pick a meaningful name for the webhook, and then paste the webhook URL.
  5. Click Send a Test. If a test notification is successful, click Save.

Disable Slack Notifications

Slack notifications are enabled by default, but they may be disabled.

  1. On the Chef Automate server, select Organizations.
  2. Select an organization or a project.
  3. Click Edit to open the details for that organization or project.
  4. De-select the Enabled checkbox, and then click Save.

Delete Slack Notifications

Slack notifications are enabled by default, but they may be disabled.

  1. On the Chef Automate server, select Organizations.
  2. Select an organization or a project.
  3. Click Edit to open the details for that organization or project.
  4. Delete the URL for the Slack webhook and click Save or click the trash can button.