feat(infra): route CloudWatch alarms to per-environment Slack channels - #474
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#443) Opt-in alarm delivery for the alarms added in #442: a Terraform-managed SNS topic (<stack>-alarms) that every alarm notifies on ALARM and OK, and an optional Amazon Q Developer in chat applications (formerly AWS Chatbot) Slack channel configuration subscribed to it, one channel per environment. Operator-supplied alarm_actions keep working and are appended to, never replaced. Every alarm description now carries the stack name and console links to the dashboard and server log group so a notification is enough to start debugging. - alerting.tf: SNS topic + confused-deputy topic policy, notifications-only Chatbot channel role capped by the CloudWatchReadOnlyAccess guardrail, channel configuration; the AWS provider routes the Chatbot API to a supported region itself (there is no us-east-1 endpoint) - variables: alarm_notifications_enabled, alarm_slack_workspace_id, alarm_slack_channel_id; consistency rules are plan-time preconditions on aws_lb.main that test the raw variables so the metrics kill switch still cascades everything off with one flag; CloudWatch's five-action cap is enforced at plan time - outputs: alarm_actions, alarm_sns_topic_arn, alarm_slack_configuration_* - provider floor ~> 5.61 (first release with the Chatbot resource); required_version >= 1.12 because the null-default validations and conditional data-source counts rely on short-circuit evaluation - prod pins cluster and server log retention to 365 days, mirroring the oz-terraform copy of this stack - docs: enablement, the console-only Slack workspace authorization, verification with set-alarm-state, migration from bring-your-own topics, troubleshooting; infra/README.md notes that this directory is mirrored in oz-terraform until the team decides where infra lives
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WalkthroughTerraform adds opt-in, per-stack SNS alarm notifications and optional Amazon Q Slack delivery. Existing operator-provided alarm actions remain supported. Alarm descriptions gain console links, production log retention becomes 365 days, and deployment documentation adds setup and verification steps. ChangesAlarm notification delivery
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CloudWatch Alarms
participant Managed SNS Topic
participant Amazon Q Slack Configuration
participant Slack Channel
CloudWatch Alarms->>Managed SNS Topic: Publish ALARM or OK transition
Managed SNS Topic->>Amazon Q Slack Configuration: Deliver alarm notification
Amazon Q Slack Configuration->>Slack Channel: Post environment notification
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Slack alerting can fail to provision for stacks deployed in unsupported Amazon Q regions. Constrain or validate the region before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@infra/alerting.tf`:
- Around line 138-157: Update aws_chatbot_slack_channel_configuration.alarms to
use a supported Amazon Q Region explicitly, without moving aws_sns_topic.alarms
from the stack Region; alternatively, validate var.aws_region when
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| # Amazon Q chat configurations are global (no region in the ARN); the AWS | ||
| # provider routes the API calls to a supported endpoint regardless of | ||
| # var.aws_region, so no provider alias is needed. Error-level logging is | ||
| # where Amazon Q-side delivery failures surface (service-managed log | ||
| # group /aws/chatbot/<configuration_name> in us-east-1, created on first | ||
| # error, outside this state, no retention policy, tiny volume); failures | ||
| # upstream of Amazon Q (a denied CloudWatch -> SNS publish) show in the | ||
| # alarm's action history instead. | ||
| resource "aws_chatbot_slack_channel_configuration" "alarms" { | ||
| count = local.alarm_slack_enabled ? 1 : 0 | ||
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| configuration_name = local.alarm_slack_configuration_name | ||
| iam_role_arn = aws_iam_role.chatbot_alarms[0].arn | ||
| slack_team_id = var.alarm_slack_workspace_id | ||
| slack_channel_id = var.alarm_slack_channel_id | ||
| sns_topic_arns = [aws_sns_topic.alarms[0].arn] | ||
| guardrail_policy_arns = ["arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchReadOnlyAccess"] | ||
| logging_level = "ERROR" | ||
| user_authorization_required = false | ||
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Manage the Slack configuration in a supported Amazon Q Region
aws_chatbot_slack_channel_configuration.alarms inherits var.aws_region through the default provider. The provider resource supports a regional region argument, and unsupported Amazon Q Regions can cause the API call to fail during apply. Set this resource to a supported Region, or validate var.aws_region when Slack alerting is enabled. Keep aws_sns_topic.alarms in the stack Region because Amazon Q supports SNS topics from multiple Regions.
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In `@infra/alerting.tf` around lines 138 - 157, Update
aws_chatbot_slack_channel_configuration.alarms to use a supported Amazon Q
Region explicitly, without moving aws_sns_topic.alarms from the stack Region;
alternatively, validate var.aws_region when local.alarm_slack_enabled is true
and reject unsupported regions before apply.
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The SNS and Slack wiring looks correct. The AWS provider remaps unsupported Chatbot regions such as us-east-1 to us-west-2, so no provider alias is required.
Please correct the BYO migration guidance in docs/SERVER_AWS_DEPLOY.md, lines 679–687. An existing <stack>-alarms topic does not cause a name-collision failure: SNS returns its ARN, allowing Terraform to adopt it and replace its policy. Require an explicit import and review of the planned changes before applying. For a differently named topic, importing alone does not preserve it; the configured name causes Terraform to propose replacement.
Coordinate with #475 so its log-error alarm uses local.effective_alarm_actions.
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SNS CreateTopic is idempotent, so a same-named hand-made topic is adopted (and its policy replaced) rather than failing on a name collision; require an explicit import plus plan review, and note that a differently named topic or channel configuration is proposed for replacement even after import. Addresses review feedback on #474.
Requested in review on #474.
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Closes #443. Follow-up to #442 / PR #442.
What
Opt-in alarm delivery for the CloudWatch alarms added in #442. With
alarm_notifications_enabled = trueTerraform creates an SNS topic<stack>-alarmsand routes every alarm's ALARM and OK transitions to it. Addingalarm_slack_workspace_idandalarm_slack_channel_idalso creates an Amazon Q Developer in chat applications (formerly AWS Chatbot) channel configuration subscribed to that topic, one Slack channel per environment (#guardian-alerts-devnetforguardian,#guardian-alerts-testnetforguardian-prod). Operator-suppliedalarm_actionskeep working and are appended to, never replaced.Every alarm description now ends with the stack name and console links to the
<stack>-serverdashboard and the server log group, so a Slack post carries enough context to start debugging without a custom notification format.Design notes
infra/alerting.tf: SNS topic with a confused-deputy topic policy (CloudWatch alarms of this account only), a notifications-only Chatbot channel role (CloudWatch read for the metric graph) capped by theCloudWatchReadOnlyAccessguardrail, and the channel configuration. The Chatbot API has nous-east-1endpoint; the AWS provider routes the calls to a supported region itself, so no provider alias is needed.aws_lb.main(the repo's existing host for cross-variable checks) and test the raw variables, soguardian_metrics_enabled = falsestill cascades the topic and the Slack configuration off with one flag. CloudWatch's five-actions-per-state cap is enforced at plan time.~> 5.61(first release withaws_chatbot_slack_channel_configuration); existing checkouts needterraform -chdir=infra init -upgrade.required_versionraised to>= 1.12: the existing null-default variable validations and conditional data-source counts rely on short-circuit evaluation and fail the plan on 1.11 (bisected: 1.11.4 fails, 1.12.2+ pass).Docs
docs/SERVER_AWS_DEPLOY.md(enablement, the console-only Slack workspace authorization, verification withset-alarm-state, migration from bring-your-own topics, troubleshooting),infra/README.md,docs/architecture/infra.md.Summary by CodeRabbit
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