Slack notification for failed automation.

[mayank-shruti]

I have created rule file and playbook to send failed automation information in slack channel. But not getting any value for failed automation in slack channel. It is not working, can any one please help me to make it running successfully. Below is rule file and playbook.

rule file:--

name: notify_slack_on_failure
pack: test_pack
description: Notify Slack on any StackStorm failure

trigger:
type: core.st2.generic.actiontrigger

criteria:
trigger.payload.status:
pattern: "failed"
type: "equals"

action:
ref: ansible.playbook
parameters:
connection: local
cwd: /opt/stackstorm/packs/test_pack/actions/playbooks/
env: {}
extra_vars:
- "execution_id={{trigger.payload.execution_id}}"
- "action_name={{trigger.payload.action_name}}"
- "failed_time={{trigger.payload.start_timestamp}}"
- "task_set={{trigger.payload.parameters | to_json}}"
- "error_msg={{trigger.payload.result.stderr | default(trigger.payload.result.stdout) | default('No error details available')}}"
inventory_file: 'localhost,'
list_hosts: false
playbook: /opt/stackstorm/packs/test_pack/actions/playbooks/slack_failure_notification.yaml
timeout: 15000
enabled: true

playbook:--
tasks:
- name: Debug received variables
debug:
msg:
- "Execution ID: {{ execution_id }}"
- "Action Name: {{ action_name }}"
- "Failed Time: {{ failed_time }}"
- "Task Set: {{ task_set }}"
- "Error Message: {{ error_msg }}"

- name: Set current timestamp if failed_time is not provided
  set_fact:
    current_time: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') }}"
  when: failed_time == "Not Available"

- name: Send failure notification to Slack
  community.general.slack:
    token: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx”
    channel: "#yyyyyyyyyy"
    username: “zzzzzzzz”zz
    msg: |
      :x: *StackStorm Action Failed*
      
      *Execution ID:* {{ execution_id }}
      *Failed Action:* {{ action_name }}
      *Failure Time:* {{ failed_time | default(current_time) }}
      *Task Set:* {{ task_set }}
      
      *Error Details:*
      ```
      {{ error_msg }}
      ```
  register: slack_result

- name: Debug Slack response
  debug:
    var: slack_result

[skiedude]

There are a few ways to do this, I usually use the notify on-failure option https://docs.stackstorm.com/chatops/notifications.html?highlight=notify

This will send a notification if the workflow/task ends in a failure.

action.meta.yaml file

---
pack: pack_name
enabled: true
runner_type: orquesta
name: action_name
entry_point: workflows/action.yaml
description: Action description
parameters:
  payload:
    type: object
    required: true
    description: payload parameter
notify:
  on-failure:
    routes:
      - slack_generic
    message: Action failed
    data:
      slack_channel: slack-channel-name

rule definition

name: notify_slack_generic
pack: pack_name
description: Notify Slack channel specified in trigger.data.slack_channel. You can also set a custom message if desired to override the default.
enabled: true

trigger:
  type: "core.st2.generic.notifytrigger"
  parameters: {}
criteria:
  trigger.channel:
    pattern: "slack_generic"
    type: "equals"
action:
  ref: "slack.chat.postMessage"
  parameters:
    channel: "#{{ trigger.data.slack_channel }}"
    text: |
      :warning: Stackstorm Action Failed :warning:
      *Execution ID:* {{ trigger.execution_id }}
      *Status:* {{ trigger.status }}
      *Message:* {{ trigger.message }}

[skiedude]

Otherwise if I'm doing it in an action workflow, I'll use something like this

tasks:
  send_success_messages:
    action: slack.chat.postMessage
    input:
      text: |
        cool and fun slack message
      channel: channel-name-here
    ```