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Slack is a cloud-based communication platform that enables real-time messaging, archiving, and search for modern teams. |
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Getting Started
Cloudaware supports two types of Slack integration:
1) Slack Cloudaware Application
2) Slack Webhook URL
Possible use cases:
30-Day spending exceeds certain amount
IDS detects an attack against an instance
Server health deteriorates
Incident management
Slack Cloudaware Application
Use case: You would like to be notified about any high and critical vulnerability detected.
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7. The green light in 'Status' means that Slack Cloudaware Application has been created successfully. If there is a red light, please contact support@cloudaware.com
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Configuring Slack Notifications
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Object Name, Message, Color, Url Base are expression fields. The data type of the value returned depends on the elements used in the expression. Here are sample outputs:
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‘the name of this field in your org’ |
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‘sObject.Name ’ |
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‘Hey, ‘+sObject.Name ’ |
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Hey, ‘the name of this field in your org’ |
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Hey, +sObject.Name |
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Hey, +sObject.Name |
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sObject.colour_c |
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‘the name of this field in your org’ |
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sObject.CA10_severity_c== “High”? ‘danger’ : ‘good’ |
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3. Copy and save the URL as it is required for further configuration in Cloudaware (see Configuring CloudAware Workflow To Invoke Slack Action).
Incoming Slack Webhook URL
Use case: You would like to get the notification in Slack channel when package upgrade is requested by your customer (custom object: CloudAware Upgradable package).
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3. Copy the Webhook URL and save it for later use
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Adding Slack Webhook To Cloudaware
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Object Name, Message, Color, Url Base are expression fields. The data type of the value returned depends on the elements used in the expression. Here are sample outputs:
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‘the name of this field in your org’ |
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‘sObject.Name ’ |
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‘Hey, ‘+sObject.Name ’ |
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Hey, ‘the name of this field in your org’ |
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Hey, +sObject.Name |
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Hey, +sObject.Name |
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sObject.colour_c |
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‘the name of this field in your org’ |
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sObject.CA10_severity_c == “High”? ‘danger’ : ‘good’ |
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You can apply standard Slack formatting in the field Message. In our use case we apply bold message format by adding * before the text of the message.
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5. Copy and save the URL as it is required for further configuration in Cloudaware (see Configuring Cloudaware Workflow To Invoke Slack Action)
Configuring Cloudaware Workflow To Invoke Slack Action
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1. In your Cloudaware account click
Setup in the main menu
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