---
title: "Slack Retrace Integration"
slug: "integrations-slack"
description: "Integrate Retrace with Slack to receive real-time updates in your chosen channel when alerts are triggered. Configure and manage the integration easily."
updated: 2020-08-14T18:54:20Z
published: 2020-08-14T18:54:20Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stackify.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Slack

## Slack Integration Page

This integration will allow you to receive updates in a chosen Slack channel when an alert is triggered in Retrace. To execute the integration, log in to your account and click on the **Settings** tab as shown below. Under the **Integrations**, click on the **Slack** link.

![slack_1](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/slack_1.png)

Then, you will be directed to the Webhook URL page. Click on the URL to enable Webhook integrations as highlighted below.

![webhook_url_4](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/webhook_url_4.png)

### Webhook Settings

You will be directed to the **Incoming Webhooks** page. Here you can choose your slack channel wherein your Incoming Webhooks will post messages coming from Retrace. Once you are done with the channel assignment, click on the **Add Incoming Webhook Integrations** button.

![fig3.png](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/911b5681-bc6d-47a6-b17e-fa375dbd75dc.png)

### Webhook URL

Again, you will be directed to the next page wherein you will see a Webhook URL as shown below. Copy the URL and go back to the Webhook URL page under the **Settings** tab in Retrace.

![webhook_url_3](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/webhook_url_3.png)

Click on the **Add Webhook** button. This feature will allow you to add more Webhook URLs depending on your preference.

![webhook_url_5](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/webhook_url_5.png)

On this page, provide a **Description** and paste the URL in the textbox and once you are done, click **Save** to complete the configuration process.

![webhook_url_2(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/webhook_url_2%281%29.png)

## Adding Slack to a Notification Group

Slack can be added to any Notification Group from the **Contacts** tab, just like a User or a Contact. Go back to the **Settings** tab and click on the **Notification Groups**.

![Notifications Groups4](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/Notifications%20Groups4.png)

For example, in this page, click on the **Client Support** notification group name.

![multiple buttons1](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/multiple%20buttons1.png)

Click on the **Contacts** tab and under App Integrations, you can see that Retrace offers multiple Slack App Integrations. Next, click on the **Slack** button.

![multiple app integration](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/multiple%20app%20integration.png)

In here, you can configure the types of alerts that will send notifications and what kind of notifications to send into your Slack channel.

![fig11.png](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/42f58e4b-2c12-436f-9767-676528701f32.png)

You can now go back to the Webhook URL page and test the integration. Click on the **Test** tab and a successful notification will pop up. Since, Retrace is capable of accepting multiple Webhook URLs, you can also remove a URL based on your prefence by using the **Remove** button.

![multiple urls1](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/multiple%20urls1.png)

### Viewing Stackify Alerts in Slack

Once you have properly configured the Slack integration, you will see incoming Stackify alerts in the Slack app.

![fig6.png](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/d764e6a2-b1b3-478b-924f-95103ff1474d.png)

By clicking on the **View in Stackify** for a particular alert, you will be able to examine the details of the alert in the Retrace portal as shown below.

![fig13.png](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/31234eed-19a8-4590-9b65-34935b8f8ee7.png)

Slack is also supported by iOS and Android which makes it easy to receive notifications via your mobile devices.