Train Conductor

A Slack bot which announces the schedule of a software release train. Can be deployed to Cloud Foundry or any other server/platform.

Features

• Announces one day before the release train leaves that people should get their releases ready
• Announces on time that the release train is leaving
• Can be asked for the next scheduled departure of the release train
• Can be asked for the current schedule of release trains

Configuration

Train Conductor is configured using environment variables:

• SLACK_API_TOKEN - Your Slack API token
• SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL- The webhook to use (must be configured to use the correct channel)
• START_DATE - When the release train leaves for the first time (e.g. "16/03/2016")
• SCHEDULE_TIME - The time of day on which the train leaves (e.g. "14:00")
• INTERVAL_DAYS - How many days between departures
• SLACK_CHANNEL- Optional. The slack channel to use (defaults to "#release")

Run locally with restarting live server

1. Run npm install
2. Run npm run start:dev

Build and run

1. Run npm install
2. Run npm run build
3. Run npm start

Build Docker image

The image is available on Docker Hub

1. Run npm run build:docker