lambda-up

README

Lambda + DynamoDB based standup bot for Slack

See Makefile for details on building/testing/etc. Though, assuming you have access, all you need to get it going is..

make all

Then take the URL it outputs at the end and use in Slack config.

Slack Setup

While Logged into Slack with Admin privileges.

1. Goto https://api.slack.com/apps
2. Click "Create New App"
3. Click "Slash Commands" (under "Add features and functionality")
4. Fill out new command form:

• Command: /up
• Request URL: use URL output from make all command above
• Short Description: standup bot
• Usage Hint: /up help

1. Click "Save"
2. Click "Basic Information"
3. Scroll down to "App Credentials"
4. Write down "Verification Token"

• Encrypt with KMS (see below) and put in template.yaml
• run make all again to update lambda (URL won't change)

KMS

To encrypt your token, run this command.

aws kms encrypt --key-id alias/upbot --plaintext SECRET_TOKEN --output text

Note 'alias/upbot' is the current key in use in our setup. If you are setting this up fresh, switching accounts, etc. then see below.

If you don't have an key w/ an ALIAS yet you should first create a new key, then create the alias to it and use that as ALIAS.

aws kms create-key --description "key for slack bot"
aws kms --alias-name ALIAS --target-key-id [KeyId from above]