Chat-Ops : PHP Berkshire

PHP Berkshire - Aug 2015 https://joind.in/15009
Putting tools in the conversation
(All hail our new ‘bot masters)

Dave Baker / @fully_baked
Developer at Crew.co
Co-founder @PHPDorset
Co-founder @PHPSouthCoast
Introduction

So, what is Chat-Ops?

“ChatOps is all about conversation-driven
development. By bringing your tools into your
conversations and using a chat bot modiﬁed to
work with key plugins and scripts, teams can
automate tasks and collaborate, working better,
cheaper and faster.
Eric Sigler - Pagerduty

What are the beneﬁts?

Every day tasks in one place

Passive Learning

Hide the ‘ugly’

Enables/Improves Remote

Open Communication

Speed & Reliability

Group Chat & Services

Integrations

The bot

Do I need a bot

About a bot

Meet Lita

$ gem install lita
$ lita new
$ cd lita
$ lita start
Installing

Anatomy
.
├── Gemfile
├── Gemfile.lock
└── lita_config.rb
0 directories, 3 files

source "https://rubygems.org"
gem "lita"
# Uncomment to use the HipChat adapter
# gem "lita-hipchat"
# Uncomment to use the IRC adapter
# gem "lita-irc"
# Add handlers to give Lita new functionality.
# For example:
# gem "lita-google-images"
# gem "lita-karma"
Gemﬁle

Lita.configure do |config|
# The name your robot will use.
config.robot.name = "Lita"
# The severity of messages to log. Options are:
# :debug, :info, :warn, :error, :fatal
# Messages at the selected level and above will be logged.
config.robot.log_level = :info
# An array of user IDs that are considered administrators. These users
# the ability to add and remove other users from authorization groups.
# What is considered a user ID will change depending on which adapter you use.
# config.robot.admins = ["1", "2"]
# The adapter you want to connect with. Make sure you've added the
# appropriate gem to the Gemfile.
config.robot.adapter = :shell
## Example: Set configuration for any loaded handlers. See the handler's
## documentation for options.
# config.handlers.some_handler.some_config_key = "value"
end
Config

Uh-oh! Demo!

https://my.slack.com/services/new/lita

$ lita help
2.2.2 5-hack-handler c7ea87f
Commands:
lita adapter NAME # Generates a new Lita adapter
lita extension NAME # Generates a new Lita extension
lita handler NAME # Generates a new Lita handler
lita help [COMMAND] # Describe available commands or one speciﬁc command
lita new NAME # Generates a new Lita project (default name: lita)
lita start # Starts Lita
lita version # Outputs the current version of Lita
Lita helps you

Scaffold of a handler
#lita-pary.rb
module Lita
module Handlers
class Party < Handler
route(/party/, :because, command: false, help: {
"Party!" => "Lita loves to party!"
})
def because(response)
response.reply "Party? P.A.R.T.Y! Because I gotta!"
end
end
Lita.register_handler(Party)
end
end

Adding handler to Lita
#lita_config.rb
require_relative './lita-party'
Lita.configure do |config|
# The name your robot will use.
config.robot.name = "Lita"
# —- snip ——
end

Demo Wrap up

Pitfalls / Cons

FUD
(Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)

Noise

Over-excited Devs
DON’T

Wrap Up

Questions?

Image Credits
[Robot] http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/workspace/us-scientists-plan-on-demand-robots-71620/attachment/retro-robot-toy
[Questionmark person] http://www.onlygoodpix.com/photo/q/question-mark-person/1/
Resources
[Lita] https://www.lita.io/
[Lita docs] http://docs.lita.io/getting-started/
[Lita plugins] https://www.lita.io/plugins
[Jesse Newland Talk] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NST3u-GjjFw
[Dev Ops Days Rockies 2015 videos] http://livestream.com/devopsdaysorg/Rockies2015
[ChatOps for Dummies] https://victorops.com/chatops-for-dummies/

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