Set up Slack alerts

Get real-time notifications in Slack when domain issues are detected. Keep your team informed and respond faster to critical problems.

Note: Slack integration is available on Business and Scale plans. View pricing


Why use Slack alerts?

Compared to email alerts, Slack provides:

  • Real-time notifications — Alerts appear instantly in your team channel
  • Better visibility — Team sees issues immediately, no need to check email
  • Rich formatting — Clickable links, status indicators, and action buttons
  • Centralized communication — Discuss and resolve issues in one place
  • Integration with workflows — Connect to incident management tools

Connecting Slack

Step 1: Navigate to Settings

  1. In the dashboard, go to Settings
  2. Find the Slack integration section

Step 2: Authorize Httpeace

  1. Click Connect Slack
  2. Authenticate with Slack
  3. Choose your Slack workspace
  4. Select the channel where alerts should be posted
  5. Click Allow to authorize

Httpeace will now have permission to post messages to your selected channel.

Step 3: Configure alert preferences

After connecting, you can customize Slack notifications just like you can customize email notifications.


What alerts look like in Slack

When a domain issue is detected, Httpeace posts a message with:

  • Domain name — Which domain has the issue
  • Issue type — SSL expiring, DNS failure, reputation threats, etc.
  • Severity — Critical, High, Medium, or Low
  • Details — Brief description of the problem
  • Action button — Click to view full report and recommendations

Example message:

🔴 Critical Alert: SSL Certificate Expired
Domain: example.com
Your SSL certificate expired today. Users will see security warnings.
[View Details] [View Domain]

Testing your Slack integration

Before relying on Slack alerts, click Send test message and check that the message appears in your Slack channel. If the test fails, reconnect Slack or check channel permissions.


Best practices

1. Use a dedicated channel

Don't mix alerts with general team chat:

  • Create #domain-alerts or similar
  • Invite relevant team members only
  • Pin important alerts or runbooks

2. Configure quiet hours

Prevent alert fatigue:

  • Pause non-critical alerts overnight
  • Mute warnings on weekends for non-critical domains
  • Keep critical alerts enabled 24/7

3. Document response procedures

In the channel description, include:

  • Who's responsible for responding
  • Escalation procedures
  • Links to runbooks for common issues

4. Integrate with incident management

Connect Slack alerts to:

  • PagerDuty for on-call rotations
  • Opsgenie for incident tracking
  • Statuspage for customer communication

Next steps

Set up webhook alerts

Integrate Httpeace with custom tools and workflows beyond Slack.

Read the guide

Understand domain reports

Learn how to interpret and act on the alerts you receive.

Read the guide

Run a typosquat audit

Protect your brand by monitoring for lookalike domains.

Read the guide