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+*.pyc
+slack.py
+cf-notify.zip
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+# CF Notify
+
+## What?
+An AWS Lambda function that will post Cloud Formation status updates to a Slack channel via a Slack Web Hook.
+
+
+## Why?
+To give visibility of Cloud Formation changes to the whole team in a quick and simple manner. For example:
+
+![example Slack messages](./example.jpeg)
+
+
+## How?
+CF Notify has a stack of AWS resources consisting of:
+ - An SNS Topic
+ - A Lambda function, which uses the SNS Topic as an event source
+ - An IAM Role to execute the Lambda function
+
+We add the SNS Topic of CF Notify to the notification ARNs of the Stack we want to monitor.
+Search for `NotificationARNs.member.N` [here](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateStack.html)
+for more information on notification ARNs.
+
+
+## Setup
+
+To setup CF Notify, we need to do the following.
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+CF Notify has two prerequisites: a S3 Bucket and a Slack incoming webhook.
+
+#### S3 Bucket
+You can use a pre-existing bucket in your account, however, to maintain isolation, it's generally best to create a bucket:
+
+```sh
+BUCKET="cf-notify-`pwgen -1 --no-capitalize 20`"
+aws s3 mb "s3://$BUCKET"
+```
+
+#### Slack incoming webhook
+You can create an incoming webhook [here](https://my.slack.com/services/new/incoming-webhook/).
+
+
+### Deploy Lambda
+
+This is done using the script [deploy.sh](./deploy.sh).
+
+```sh
+./deploy.sh $ENV $BUCKET $WEBHOOK [$CHANNEL]
+```
+
+Where:
+ - ENV is the environment of the Stack we are monitoring, e.g. DEV, TEST, PROD. It will be used in the naming of the Lambda artifact file stored in S3.
+ - BUCKET is the S3 bucket to store the Lambda artifact.
+ - WEBHOOK is the Web Hook URL of an Incoming Web Hook (see https://api.slack.com/incoming-webhooks).
+ - CHANNEL is optional and is the Slack channel or user to send messages to. Defaults to the channel chosen when the webhook was created.
+
+If you don't want to send messages to the channel of the webhook, set `$CHANNEL` as another channel or user. For example `#general` or `@foo`.
+This is useful if you want to setup CF Notify for your own DEV stack. In this case, you'd want to set `$ENV` as your AWS IAM name:
+
+```sh
+ENV="DEV-`aws iam get-user | jq '.User.UserName' | tr -d '"'`"
+```
+
+`deploy.sh` will create a zip file and upload it to `s3://$BUCKET/cf-notify-$ENV.zip`.
+
+
+### Create CF Notify Stack
+
+Create a Stack using the [template](./cf-notify.json).
+
+```sh
+aws cloudformation create-stack --template-body file://cf-notify.json \
+    --stack-name cf-notify-$ENV \
+    --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM \
+    --parameters ParameterKey=Bucket,ParameterValue=$BUCKET ParameterKey=Environment,ParameterValue=$ENV
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Once setup is complete, all you need to do now is set the notification ARN when you update your Cloud Formation stack:
+
+```sh
+SNS_ARN=`aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name cf-notify-$ENV | jq ".Stacks[].Outputs[].OutputValue"  | tr -d '"'`
+
+aws cloudformation [create-stack|update-stack|delete-stack] --notification-arns $SNS_ARN
+```
+
+You should now see messages in Slack!
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+{
+    "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
+    "Description": "cf notify stack",
+    "Parameters": {
+        "Bucket": {
+            "Description": "S3 bucket to locate lambda function (cf-notify-$ENVIRONMENT.zip)",
+            "Type": "String"
+        },
+        "Environment": {
+            "Description": "Environment name",
+            "Type": "String"
+        }
+    },
+    "Resources": {
+        "CFNotifyRole": {
+            "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
+            "Properties": {
+                "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
+                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
+                    "Statement": [
+                        {
+                            "Effect": "Allow",
+                            "Principal": {
+                                "Service": [ "lambda.amazonaws.com" ]
+                            },
+                            "Action": [ "sts:AssumeRole" ]
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+                "Path": "/",
+                "Policies": [
+                    {
+                        "PolicyName": "CFNotifyPolicy",
+                        "PolicyDocument": {
+                            "Version": "2012-10-17",
+                            "Statement": [
+                                {
+                                    "Effect": "Allow",
+                                    "Action": [
+                                        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
+                                        "logs:CreateLogStream",
+                                        "logs:PutLogEvents"
+                                    ],
+                                    "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:*"
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "Effect": "Allow",
+                                    "Action": [
+                                        "cloudformation:DescribeStackResources"
+                                    ],
+                                    "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:*/*/*"
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        "CFNotifyTopic": {
+            "Type": "AWS::SNS::Topic",
+            "Properties": {
+                "Subscription": [
+                    {
+                        "Endpoint": { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "CFNotifyFunction", "Arn" ] },
+                        "Protocol": "lambda"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        "CFNotifyFunction": {
+            "Type": "AWS::Lambda::Function",
+            "Properties": {
+                "Description" : "Lambda function to post CF updates to Slack",
+                "Handler": "lambda_notify.lambda_handler",
+                "Role": {
+                    "Fn::GetAtt": [ "CFNotifyRole", "Arn" ]
+                },
+                "Code": {
+                    "S3Bucket": { "Ref": "Bucket" },
+                    "S3Key": { "Fn::Join": [ "", [ "cf-notify-", { "Ref": "Environment" }, ".zip" ] ] }
+                },
+                "Runtime": "python2.7",
+                "Timeout": "30"
+            }
+        },
+        "CFNotifyInvokePermission": {
+            "Type": "AWS::Lambda::Permission",
+            "Properties": {
+                "FunctionName" : { "Ref" : "CFNotifyFunction" },
+                "Action": "lambda:InvokeFunction",
+                "Principal": "sns.amazonaws.com",
+                "SourceArn": { "Ref": "CFNotifyTopic" }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "Outputs": {
+        "CFNotifyEventSource": {
+            "Description": "ARN of CF SNS Topic",
+            "Value": { "Ref": "CFNotifyTopic" }
+        }
+    }
+}
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]
+then
+    echo "usage: deploy.sh <ENV> <BUCKET> <WEBHOOK> [CHANNEL]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+ENV=$1
+BUCKET=$2
+WEBHOOK=$3
+CHANNEL=$4
+
+if [ -z $ENV ];
+then
+    echo "Please specify an environment.";
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z $BUCKET ];
+then
+    echo "Please specify a destination bucket";
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z $WEBHOOK ];
+then
+    echo "Please specify a Slack WebHook";
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cat > slack.py <<EOL
+WEBHOOK='$WEBHOOK'
+CHANNEL='$CHANNEL'
+EOL
+
+zip cf-notify.zip lambda_notify.py slack.py
+aws s3 cp cf-notify.zip s3://$BUCKET/cf-notify-$ENV.zip
+
+rm slack.py
+rm cf-notify.zip
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+import json
+import shlex
+import urllib2
+import slack
+import boto3
+from itertools import groupby
+
+# Mapping CloudFormation status codes to colors for Slack message attachments
+# Status codes from http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-describing-stacks.html
+STATUS_COLORS = {
+    'CREATE_COMPLETE': 'good',
+    'CREATE_IN_PROGRESS': 'good',
+    'CREATE_FAILED': 'danger',
+    'DELETE_COMPLETE': 'good',
+    'DELETE_FAILED': 'danger',
+    'DELETE_IN_PROGRESS': 'good',
+    'ROLLBACK_COMPLETE': 'warning',
+    'ROLLBACK_FAILED': 'danger',
+    'ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS': 'warning',
+    'UPDATE_COMPLETE': 'good',
+    'UPDATE_COMPLETE_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS': 'good',
+    'UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS': 'good',
+    'UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE': 'warning',
+    'UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS': 'warning',
+    'UPDATE_ROLLBACK_FAILED': 'danger',
+    'UPDATE_ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS': 'warning'
+}
+
+# List of CloudFormation status that will trigger a call to `get_stack_summary_attachment`
+DESCRIBE_STACK_STATUS = [
+    'CREATE_COMPLETE',
+    'DELETE_IN_PROGRESS'
+]
+
+# List of properties from ths SNS message that will be included in a Slack message
+SNS_PROPERTIES_FOR_SLACK = [
+    'StackId',
+    'ResourceStatus',
+    'ResourceType',
+    'Timestamp',
+    'StackName',
+]
+
+
+def lambda_handler(event, context):
+    message = event['Records'][0]['Sns']
+    sns_message = message['Message']
+    cf_message = dict(token.split('=', 1) for token in shlex.split(sns_message))
+
+    # ignore messages that do not pertain to the Stack as a whole
+    if not cf_message['ResourceType'] == 'AWS::CloudFormation::Stack':
+        return
+
+    message = get_stack_update_message(cf_message)
+    data = json.dumps(message)
+    req = urllib2.Request(slack.WEBHOOK, data, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
+    urllib2.urlopen(req)
+
+
+def get_stack_update_message(cf_message):
+    attachments = [
+        get_stack_update_attachment(cf_message)
+    ]
+
+    if cf_message['ResourceStatus'] in DESCRIBE_STACK_STATUS:
+        attachments.append(get_stack_summary_attachment(cf_message['StackName']))
+
+    message = {
+        'icon_emoji': ':cloud:',
+        'username': 'cf-bot',
+        'text': 'Cloud Formation stack change in {}'.format(cf_message['StackName']),
+        'attachments': attachments
+    }
+
+    if slack.CHANNEL:
+        message['channel'] = slack.CHANNEL
+
+    return message
+
+
+def get_stack_update_attachment(cf_message):
+    title = 'Stack {stack} is now status {status}'.format(
+        stack=cf_message['StackName'],
+        status=cf_message['ResourceStatus'])
+
+    return {
+        'fallback': title,
+        'title': title,
+        'fields': [{'title': k, 'value': v, 'short': True}
+                   for k, v in cf_message.iteritems() if k in SNS_PROPERTIES_FOR_SLACK],
+        'color': STATUS_COLORS.get(cf_message['ResourceStatus'], '#000000'),
+    }
+
+
+def get_stack_summary_attachment(stack_name):
+    client = boto3.client('cloudformation')
+    resources = client.describe_stack_resources(StackName=stack_name)
+    sorted_resources = sorted(resources['StackResources'], key=lambda res: res['ResourceType'])
+    grouped_resources = groupby(sorted_resources, lambda res: res['ResourceType'])
+    resource_count = {key: len(list(group)) for key, group in grouped_resources}
+
+    title = 'Breakdown of all {} resources'.format(len(resources['StackResources']))
+
+    return {
+        'fallback': title,
+        'title': title,
+        'fields': [{'title': 'Type {}'.format(k), 'value': 'Total {}'.format(v), 'short': True}
+                   for k, v in resource_count.iteritems()]
+    }