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Version: 0.14

Slack (Legacy)

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Legacy Slack integration has been deprecated and removed from the Slack App Directory on the December 21st 2022. Follow the new Slack installation instructions.

Install Botkube to the Slack workspace​

Follow the steps below to install Botkube Slack app to your Slack workspace.

Install Botkube Slack app to your Slack workspace​

Click the Add to Slack button provided to install Botkube Slack application to your workspace. Once you have authorized the application, you will be provided a Bot Access token. Copy the token and export it as an environment variable:

export SLACK_API_BOT_TOKEN="{token}"
Add to Slack

Alternatively, you can install Botkube Slack app from Slack app directory.

Add Botkube user to a Slack channel​

After installing Botkube app to your Slack workspace, you could see a new bot user with the name "Botkube" added in your workspace. Add that bot to a Slack channel you want to receive notification in.
(You can add it by inviting @Botkube in a channel)

Install Botkube Backend in Kubernetes cluster​

  • We use Helm to install Botkube in Kubernetes. Follow this guide to install helm if you don't have it installed already.

  • Add botkube chart repository:

    helm repo add botkube https://charts.botkube.io
    helm repo update

  • Deploy Botkube backend using helm install in your cluster:

    export CLUSTER_NAME={cluster_name}
    export ALLOW_KUBECTL={allow_kubectl}
    export SLACK_CHANNEL_NAME={channel_name}

    helm install --version v0.14.0 botkube --namespace botkube --create-namespace \
    --set communications.default-group.slack.enabled=true \
    --set communications.default-group.slack.channels.default.name=${SLACK_CHANNEL_NAME} \
    --set communications.default-group.slack.token=${SLACK_API_BOT_TOKEN} \
    --set settings.clusterName=${CLUSTER_NAME} \
    --set executors.kubectl-read-only.kubectl.enabled=${ALLOW_KUBECTL} \
    botkube/botkube

    where,

    • SLACK_CHANNEL_NAME is the channel name where @Botkube is added
    • SLACK_API_BOT_TOKEN is the Token you received after installing Botkube app to your Slack workspace
    • CLUSTER_NAME is the cluster name set in the incoming messages
    • ALLOW_KUBECTL set true to allow kubectl command execution by Botkube on the cluster

    Configuration syntax is explained here. Full Helm chart parameters list is documented here.

    Send @Botkube ping in the channel to see if Botkube is running and responding.

    With the default configuration, Botkube will watch all the resources in all the namespaces for create, delete and error events.
    If you wish to monitor only specific resources, follow the steps given below:

    1. Create a new config.yaml file and add Kubernetes resource configuration as described on the source page.

    2. Pass the YAML file as a flag to helm install command, e.g.:

      helm install --version v0.14.0 --name botkube --namespace botkube --create-namespace -f /path/to/config.yaml --set=...other args..

    Alternatively, you can also update the configuration at runtime as documented here

Remove Botkube from Slack workspace​

  • Goto Slack manage apps page
  • Click on "Botkube" and click on "Remove App" button

Remove Botkube from Kubernetes cluster​

Execute following command to completely remove Botkube and related resources from your cluster.

helm uninstall botkube --namespace botkube