AWS Notify Slack Terraform module

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This module creates SNS topic (or use existing one) and a AWS Lambda function which sends notifications to Slack using incoming webhooks API.

Start by setting up an incoming webhook integration in your Slack workspace.

Terraform versions

Terraform 0.12. Pin module version to ~> v2.0. Submit pull-requests to master branch.

Terraform 0.11. Pin module version to ~> v1.0. Submit pull-requests to terraform011 branch.

Features

• AWS Lambda runtime Python 3.6
• Create new SNS topic or use existing one
• Support plaintext and encrypted version of Slack webhook URL
• Most of Slack message options are customizable
• Support different types of SNS messages:
  • AWS Cloudwatch
  • Send pull-request to add support of other message types

Usage

module "notify_slack" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/notify-slack/aws"
  version = "~> 2.0"

  sns_topic_name = "slack-topic"

  slack_webhook_url = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/AAA/BBB/CCC"
  slack_channel     = "aws-notification"
  slack_username    = "reporter"
}

Use existing SNS topic or create new

If you want to subscribe AWS Lambda Function created by this module to an existing SNS topic you should specify create_sns_topic = false as argument and specify name of existing SNS topic name in sns_topic_name.

Examples

• notify-slack-simple - Creates SNS topic which sends messages to Slack channel.
• cloudwatch-alerts-to-slack - End to end example which shows how to send AWS Cloudwatch alerts to Slack channel and use KMS to encrypt webhook URL.

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
create	Whether to create all resources	string	true	no
create_sns_topic	Whether to create new SNS topic	string	true	no
kms_key_arn	ARN of the KMS key used for decrypting slack webhook url	string	``	no
lambda_function_name	The name of the Lambda function to create	string	notify_slack	no
lambda_reserved_concurrency	The number of reserved concurrent Lambda executions	-1	no
slack_channel	The name of the channel in Slack for notifications	string	-	yes
slack_emoji	A custom emoji that will appear on Slack messages	string	:aws:	no
slack_username	The username that will appear on Slack messages	string	-	yes
slack_webhook_url	The URL of Slack webhook	string	-	yes
sns_topic_name	The name of the SNS topic to create	string	-	yes

Outputs

Name	Description
lambda_iam_role_arn	The ARN of the IAM role used by Lambda function
lambda_iam_role_name	The name of the IAM role used by Lambda function
notify_slack_lambda_function_arn	The ARN of the Lambda function
notify_slack_lambda_function_invoke_arn	The ARN to be used for invoking Lambda function from API Gateway
notify_slack_lambda_function_last_modified	The date Lambda function was last modified
notify_slack_lambda_function_name	The name of the Lambda function
notify_slack_lambda_function_version	Latest published version of your Lambda function
this_slack_topic_arn	The ARN of the SNS topic from which messages will be sent to Slack

Authors

Module managed by Anton Babenko.

License

Apache 2 Licensed. See LICENSE for full details.