slack – Sends play events to a Slack channel
New in version 2.1.
Synopsis
- This is an ansible callback plugin that sends status updates to a Slack channel during playbook execution.
- Before 2.4 only environment variables were available for configuring this plugin
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.
- whitelist in configuration
- prettytable (python library)
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| channel
-
|
Default:
"#ansible"
|
ini entries:
[callback_slack]
env:SLACK_CHANNEL
|
Slack room to post in.
|
| username
-
|
Default:
"ansible"
|
ini entries:
[callback_slack]
env:SLACK_USERNAME
|
Username to post as.
|
| validate_certs
boolean
added in 2.8
|
|
ini entries:
[callback_slack]
env:SLACK_VALIDATE_CERTS
|
validate the SSL certificate of the Slack server. (For HTTPS URLs)
|
| webhook_url
- / required
|
ini entries:
[callback_slack]
env:SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL
|
Slack Webhook URL
|
Status
- This callback is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This callback is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- UNKNOWN
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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/plugins/callback/slack.html