Check Kibana health from Slack
Confirm whether Kibana is reporting healthy status when someone flags a service concern.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
Get Kibana Status
Tool to get the current status of kibana. use when you need to check if kibana is healthy, monitor its state, or get information about the kibana instance including version, uuid, and metrics.
Why this helps
A question about tool availability can interrupt work while someone checks the service manually.
- Check current Kibana status from the reported concern.
- Share a concise result through the run-report channel.
- Avoid a separate manual status check.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Kibana to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Use one plain-language instruction to check Kibana status when a Slack message reports a concern about analytics availability.
- 4Select the Slack channel-message trigger, choose a channel for run reports, and test with one real service concern.
Questions about this workflow
Can a healthy status rule out every problem?
No. It reports Kibana’s current status and does not diagnose every possible service issue.
Where is the status reported?
The result appears in the channel selected for automation run reports.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Kibana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Kibana actions
Recurring trigger
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Channel Message Received
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Reaction Added Trigger
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Kibana, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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