Slack Connection

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Slack is a messaging platform for teams to collaborate and communicate.

This topic describes how to authenticate to Slack and configure any necessary connection properties in the Slack connection connector.

Connection Configuration #

Each connection property available in the Slack connector is explained below.

Connection Name #

The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.

OAuth Version #

The type of authentication to use when connecting to Slack.

• v1: Set to this to perform OAuth authentication on legacy apps.

• v2: Set to this to perform OAuth authentication on new apps.

• openid: Set to this to perform OAuth authentication using OpenId Connect.

Client ID #

The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Client Secret #

The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Access Token #

The access token for connecting using OAuth.

Refresh Token #

The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.

Enable SSL #

Option to enable SSL. This field sets whether the connector will attempt to negotiate TLS/SSL connections to the server. By default, the connector checks the server’s certificate against the system’s trusted certificate store.

Upload Keystore File #

If SSL is enabled, a keystore file has to be uploaded using this option.

Advanced Configuration #

This section contains additional configuration parameters.

Team #

The name of the Slack Team.

If you omit the optional Team parameter, you will be allowed to choose which workspace they are authenticating against.

Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.

Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.