To receive alerts and notifications in TrueFoundry, you need to set up notification integrations for Slack Bot. This guide walks you through adding Slack Bot notification integration, describing each field in the forms, and providing helpful links for setup.

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Slack Bot Notification Integration

To add a Slack Bot notification integration:

  1. Go to the Integrations page in the TrueFoundry UI.
  2. Click on ‘Add Integration Provider’.
  3. Select ‘Slack’ as the provider type.
  4. Choose ‘Slack Bot Token Integration’ in the integrations section.
  5. Fill out the form fields as shown below:

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Field Descriptions

  • Name: A unique name for this integration provider (e.g., “Slack Alerts Bot”).
  • Display Name: The display name for this Slack bot integration (e.g., “Critical Alerts Bot”).
  • Bot Token: The OAuth token for your Slack bot. This is required for the bot to send messages to channels.
  • Access Control (Optional): List of users or groups allowed to use this integration. By default, set to everyone.

How to create a Slack Bot Token:

  1. Go to the Slack API: Your Apps page.
  2. Click “Create New App” and follow the prompts.
  3. Add the chat:write and chat:write.public scopes under “OAuth & Permissions”.
  4. Install the app to your workspace and copy the Bot User OAuth Token (starts with xoxb-).
  5. For more details, see the Slack Bot User OAuth Access Tokens documentation.

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Final Steps

  • After filling all required fields, click Add Integration Provider to save your integration.
  • You can now use these integrations as notification channels when setting up alerts for your applications.

With these integrations in place, you can receive real-time alerts via Slack for all your TrueFoundry applications!