AWS CHATOPS

This repository contains details about AWS Chatops

What is ChatOps ?

• ChatOps is a term coined by Github to describe the growing culture of ‘Putting tools in the middle of the conversation’
• ChatOps is a collaboration model that connects people, tools, process, and automation into a transparent workflow.
• ChatOps , a DevOps accelerator …

ChatOps General Architecture:

AWS Chatbot - ChatOps for AWS

• AWS Chatbot is an interactive agent that makes it easy to monitor and interact with our AWS resources in our Slack channels and Amazon chime chat room

Case 1: Notifications

Case 2: Commands

Example Uses cases for AWS ChatOps

Use cases:

• Notify Slack on Amazon EC2 CPU usage spike
• Run AWS Lambda Notify Slack on execution errors
• AWS Budget notifications on Slack when it exceeds threshold
• Create AWS Support case using Slack
• GuardDuty security threat alerts on Slack
• Notify Slack on AWS CodePipeline errors
• Monitor operations on AWS Systems Manager parameter

DEMO Screenshots :

Performed demo AWS Chatbot + Slack Integration

Use Case :

GuardDuty security threat alerts on Slack

UseCase:

Trigger AWS Read only Commands

UserCase 3:

UseCase:

Trigger Lambda Functions from Slack Channel

Conclusion:

Currently , the AWS Chatops supports the read only commands of AWS services .However , I think in future , there will be many services and features will get integrated with AWS Chatbots to enable us to interact with more AWS Resources , which would surely be DevOps Accelerator!!!!. Thanks for reading this content. Please share your views and feedback.

Reference:

AWS Documentation and blogs https://searchitoperations.techtarget.com/tip/Three-ChatOps-examples-demonstrate-DevOps-efficiency