There are three primary differences between the default Slack integration and using webhooks to send Slack notifications: As an alternative, the webhook plugin can be used to send alert messages to Slack with a custom JSON body Configuration You could also add customizations and advanced formatting to your slack notification layout with the use of slack’s text formatting and Block Kit.The default Slack alert integration is easy to set up but does have some limitations. JetBackup has additional hook types available for your use.įeel free to modify the slack notification bash script in part 2 for additional notifications like getting specific alerts for failed accounts, or when a restore or download was successful. In this case, sending notifications for when a backup starts and finishes and the corresponding status of the backup job. Once your Hooks are set up, you will start receiving notifications on the slack channel depending on your script and hook type.

Hook Name: pre-Backup slack notification/post-Backup slack notification.

While IFS='=' read -r -d '&' key value doĭone JetBackup > Hooks > Create New Hook: SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL= # Set the WEBHOOK URL HERE Make sure that your script has the appropriate executable permission (chmod +x /path/to/script.sh) Create a bash script to send a webhook notification on your channel and copy the Webhook URL from the Slack App we just created into the SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL portion of the script. Add New Webhook to Workspace and select which channel on your workspace you would like to send the notifications to.Ģ. Under the Add features and functionality section, click on Incoming Webhooks and activate Incoming Webhooks. Specify the name and choose the Slack Workspace where the notification will be sent.

Create a slack incoming webhook to your preferred slack channel with the following guide: Slack Webhooks A.

Slack webhooks formatting