matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/docs/configuring-playbook-bridge-mx-puppet-slack.md

Setting up MX Puppet Slack bridging (optional)

Note: bridging to Slack can also happen via the matrix-appservice-slack and mautrix-slack bridges supported by the playbook. Note that matrix-appservice-slack is not available for new installation unless you have already created a classic Slack application, because the creation of classic Slack applications, which this bridge makes use of, has been discontinued.

The playbook can install and configure mx-puppet-slack for you.

See the project's documentation to learn what it does and why it might be useful to you.

Prerequisite

Follow the OAuth credentials instructions to create a new Slack app, setting the redirect URL to https://matrix.example.com/slack/oauth.

Adjusting the playbook configuration

To enable the Slack bridge, add the following configuration to your inventory/host_vars/matrix.example.com/vars.yml file:

matrix_mx_puppet_slack_enabled: true
# Client ID must be quoted so YAML does not parse it as a float.
matrix_mx_puppet_slack_oauth_client_id: "<SLACK_APP_CLIENT_ID>"
matrix_mx_puppet_slack_oauth_client_secret: "<SLACK_APP_CLIENT_SECRET>"

Installing

After configuring the playbook, run it with playbook tags as below:

ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,ensure-matrix-users-created,start

Notes:

• The ensure-matrix-users-created playbook tag makes the playbook automatically create the bot's user account.

• The shortcut commands with the just program are also available: just install-all or just setup-all

  just install-all is useful for maintaining your setup quickly (2x-5x faster than just setup-all) when its components remain unchanged. If you adjust your vars.yml to remove other components, you'd need to run just setup-all, or these components will still remain installed.

Usage

To use the bridge, you need to start a chat with Slack Puppet Bridge with the handle @_slackpuppet_bot:example.com (where example.com is your base domain, not the matrix. domain).

Three authentication methods are available, Legacy Token, OAuth and xoxc token. See mx-puppet-slack documentation for more information about how to configure the bridge.

Once logged in, send list to the bot user to list the available rooms.

Clicking rooms in the list will result in you receiving an invitation to the bridged room.

Also send help to the bot to see the commands available.