Handle AWS Batch job failures in Slack or Microsoft Teams

AWS Batch runs batch computing jobs for you.

With marbot, you get alerts in Slack or Microsoft Teams when a job fails.

Set up instructions

Monitoring Assistant
Are you in a hurry? Ask marbot to monitor Batch for you and receive alerts in Slack or Microsoft Teams.

1. Add marbot to Slack or Microsoft Teams.
2. Invite marbot to a channel.
3. Follow the setup wizard.

It couldn't be easier!

1. You need to create an SNS topic
2. Configure your SNS topic to allow messages from EventBridge
3. Visit https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/home?region=us-east-1
4. Click on the Rules link on the left
5. Click on the Create rule button
   
6. In the Event Source section, click on the Edit link
   

7. Paste the following JSON into the text area

   { "source": [ "aws.batch" ], "detail-type": [ "Batch Job State Change" ], "detail": { "status": [ "FAILED" ] } }

8. Save by clicking the Save button

9. In the Targets section, click on the Add target button
10. Select SNS topic
11. Set Topic to marbot or your other SNS topic name
    
12. Save by clicking the Configure detail button
13. In the next step, set a Name and save by clicking the Create rule button.

Sample Alert

To simulate an alert, you need a Batch job that fails. The following alert will be triggered by marbot soon.

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Michael Wittig

Consultant focusing on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Entrepreneur building marbot.io. Author of Amazon Web Services in Action, Rapid Docker on AWS, and cloudonaut.io.

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Published on 27 Dec 2017