How to Set Up Slack Notifications for Domain Alerts

Email inboxes get noisy. When a domain expires or an SSL certificate lapses, you want the alert where your team already lives — Slack. ElasticDomain supports Slack as a first-class notification channel, routing any alert rule directly to any Slack channel you choose.

Prerequisites

• A Slack workspace where you have permission to add apps
• An ElasticDomain account with at least one domain added

Step 1: Create a Slack Incoming Webhook

1. Go to api.slack.com/apps and click Create New App.
2. Choose From scratch, name it "ElasticDomain Alerts", and select your workspace.
3. In the left sidebar, click Incoming Webhooks and toggle Activate Incoming Webhooks to On.
4. Click Add New Webhook to Workspace.
5. Select the channel where alerts should appear (e.g. #domain-alerts) and click Allow.
6. Copy the webhook URL — it looks like https://hooks.slack.com/services/T.../B.../...

Step 2: Add the Webhook to ElasticDomain

1. Open Settings → Notifications in ElasticDomain.
2. Click Add Channel and select Slack.
3. Paste your webhook URL.
4. Click Test — a test message should appear in your Slack channel within seconds.
5. Click Save.

Step 3: Attach Slack to an Alert Rule

1. Go to Alerts → Rules.
2. Open an existing rule or click New Rule.
3. Under Notification Channels, enable Slack.
4. Save the rule.

Now whenever that rule fires — domain expiry, DNS change, SSL issue — the alert lands in your Slack channel.

What Slack Alerts Look Like

ElasticDomain sends structured Slack messages including:

• Domain name and workspace
• Alert type (expiry, SSL, DNS change, health score drop, etc.)
• Severity (info, warning, critical)
• Timestamp (UTC)
• Direct link to the affected domain in ElasticDomain

Multiple Channels

Add multiple Slack webhooks — route critical SSL alerts to #security and expiry warnings to #ops. Add each webhook separately in Settings and assign them to the relevant rules.

Troubleshooting

Test message not appearing?

• Confirm the webhook URL was copied in full
• Check the Slack app is still installed in your workspace
• Verify the target channel still exists

Alerts firing but no Slack message?

• Verify the alert rule has Slack selected under Notification Channels
• Check the rule conditions are actually being met