Configuring Slack notifications with sendCompactMessages to send a shorter and more compact message

Introduction

By default, Slack notifications are sent with a verbose message including details about the stage it was triggered from. This message can be unnecessarily detailed, especially if using a custom message. By enabling sendCompactMessages , a less verbose Slack message will be sent with only necessary information.

Without sendCompactMessages enabled:

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with sendCompactMessages enabled:

Prerequisites

Slack notifications enabled: https://docs.armory.io/armory-enterprise/armory-admin/notifications-slack-configure/

Instructions

In addition to the above Slack notifications configuration in spec.spinnakerConfig.config.notifications.slack, add the following to the Echo profile: apiVersion: spinnaker.armory.io/v1alpha2 kind: SpinnakerService metadata: name: spinnaker spec: spinnakerConfig: profiles: echo: # equivalent of echo-local.yml slack: sendCompactMessages: true