aws-budget-alarms

A CloudFormation template for sending budget alarms to slack using AWS Chatbot

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Prerequisites

• Configure a chat client in AWS Chatbot

• Invite the AWS Chatbot to your Slack channel: /invite @aws

• Slack channel ID: right-clicking the channel you want to use > Additional Options > Copy Link

https://mycompany.slack.com/archives/SlackChannelId

(Only provide the string after /archives/)

Installation

The installation is automated with Infrastructure as Code using Cloudformation.

The stack includes:

• IAM Chatbot role
• SNS Topic
• SNS Topic Policy
• AWS Budget
• AWS Chatbot Configuration for Slack

AWS CLI

Deploy as Cloudformation stack:

aws cloudformation deploy \
    --template-file CF-BudgetNotification-Chatbot.yaml \
    --stack-name CF-BudgetNotification-Chatbot \
    --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM \
    --parameter-overrides \
    BudgetLimit=<limit-in-USD> \
    CostNotification=<ACTUAL | FORECASTED> \
    SlackChannel=<your-slack-channel-id> \
    SlackWorkspaceId=<your-aws-chatbot-workspace-id-for-slack> \
    --region <your-region-1>