Slack

The Slack output plugin delivers records or messages to your preferred Slack channel. It formats the outgoing content in JSON format for readability.

This connector uses the Slack Incoming Webhooks feature to post messages to Slack channels. Using this plugin in conjunction with the Stream Processor is a good combination for alerting.

Slack Webhook

Before configuring this plugin, make sure to setup your Incoming Webhook. For detailed step-by-step instructions, review the following official documentation:

• https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks#getting_started

Once you have obtained the Webhook address you can place it in the configuration below.

Configuration Parameters

Key	Description	Default
webhook	Absolute address of the Webhook provided by Slack
workers	The number of workers to perform flush operations for this output.	0

Configuration File

Get started quickly with this configuration file:

[OUTPUT]
    name                 slack
    match                *
    webhook              https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX