Slack connector for internal Confluence server

[Ben Roth]

I am attempting to configure the official Slack connector for confluence server, and am running into an issue where the Slack app is refusing the internal URL of the confluence server( ex: https://wiki:8443)

We do not expose our Confluence server publicly, so we only use the internal URL above, which seems cause issue with the Slack integration.  Any workarounds?

[Daniel Eads]

Hi Ben,

Sorry you've not gotten an answer on this prior to now! As you may have surmised, the official Confluence Server for Slack app that Atlassian provides requires Slack to be able to connect to your Confluence server.

It's possible that you could use ngrok to expose your server to the internet for Slack to connect to (using an ngrok.io URL). But obviously exposing your Confluence server to the internet may be something you're trying to avoid given that you don't currently do it. And if you're open to exposing your server, I'd actually recommend doing it with a reverse proxy like nginx per our documentation instead.

There are two other apps on the Marketplace currently that may allow you to send notifications to Slack without requiring bi-directional communication. I have not tried either of these add-ons to confirm this - just offering them as potential options:

• Slack for Confluence (by codefortynine GmbH)
• Slack Connector for Confluence Server (by JSoftware)

Cheers,
Daniel