salt.states.slack¶

Send a message to Slack¶

This state is useful for sending messages to Slack during state runs.

New in version 2015.5.0.

slack-message:
  slack.post_message:
    - channel: '#general'
    - from_name: SuperAdmin
    - message: 'This state was executed successfully.'
    - api_key: peWcBiMOS9HrZG15peWcBiMOS9HrZG15

The api key can be specified in the master or minion configuration like below:

slack:
  api_key: peWcBiMOS9HrZG15peWcBiMOS9HrZG15

salt.states.slack.post_message(name, channel, from_name, message, api_key=None)¶

Send a message to a Slack room.

slack-message:
  slack.post_message:
    - channel: '#general'
    - from_name: SuperAdmin
    - message: 'This state was executed successfully.'
    - api_key: peWcBiMOS9HrZG15peWcBiMOS9HrZG15

The following parameters are required:

name: The unique name for this event.
channel: The room to send the message to. Can either be the ID or the name.
from_name: The name of that is to be shown in the "from" field. If not specified, defaults to.
message: The message that is to be sent to the Hipchat room.

The following parameters are optional:

api_key: The api key for Slack to use for authentication, if not specified in the configuration options of master or minion.