How to configure routings

Learn how to configure Slack routings

Routings for Slack notifications enable sending alerts to different Slack channels for various workloads within a cluster based on labels.

slack_token: ''
channel_id: ''
routings_by_id:
  - label_key_1
  - label_key_2
routings:
  - label_key_3
  - label_key_4     

To maximize your effectiveness, Slack routing is available not on the workload level only, but also on the namespace level. This means you can configure routing for specific workloads as well as for the entire namespace.

Workload labels take precedence over namespace labels. If you set a routing label for a workload that differs from the label for its namespace, PerfectScale will send Alerts to the channel specified for the workload.

There are two options on how to configure Slack routing:

• By specifying the Slack channel IDs where you want to receive Slack Alerts.

• By specifying the Slack channel names where you want to receive Slack Alerts.

PerfectScale strongly recommends configuring routing by specifying the Slack channel IDs to ensure seamless work of the configuration.

routings_by_id

To configure routings with the channel ID, define the labels matching the Slack channel ID you want to receive Slack Alerts.

💡Example of a label:

label_some_key : label_some_value, where label_some_value = Slack channel ID

routings

To configure routings with the channel name, define the labels matching the Slack channel names you want to receive Slack Alerts.

💡Example of a label:

label_some_key : label_some_value, where label_some_value = Slack channel name

If the value of a label with a key label_key is wrong or empty, PerfectScale will send Alerts to the Slack channel specified in the channel_id row.

Slack Routing Configuration

1. Name the profile.

2. Ensure to configure slack_token and include the relevant data in the slack_token field. This field is mandatory.

3. Indicate the channel_id. This field is mandatory, and the indicated channel will be the default channel if Advanced Alert Routing fails.

4. List label_key(s) under routings_by_id (to configure routing by channel_id) or routings (to configure routing by channel_name).

5. Verify if your Slack is configured properly with the Test Integration button.

6. Click Save button.