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Openshift Approval Workflows via Slack or Teams

Andrios Robert

• 1 min read

The request was stuck in limbo. A deployment sat waiting, blocked until someone approved it. No one wanted to log into yet another dashboard. The Slack channel was open. Teams was already live. But the approval had to happen elsewhere.

Openshift approval workflows via Slack or Teams solve this bottleneck. With direct integration, you can trigger, approve, or reject deployments without leaving your messaging app. No context switching. No forgotten requests. Just fast, auditable actions inside the tools you already use.

Modern Openshift pipelines often stall when human checks lag. Adding approval gates in CI/CD is smart, but moving those gates into Slack or Teams keeps velocity high. The workflow is simple:

  1. The pipeline reaches the approval step.
  2. A message with deployment details appears in a channel or group DM.
  3. Authorized users click Approve or Reject.
  4. The pipeline continues instantly.

Integrating this approach ensures every approval event is logged in Openshift and traceable for compliance. Slack interactive buttons or Teams adaptive cards carry metadata about the deployment, branch, commit hash, and change summary. This lets the approver make an informed decision without opening Jenkins, GitLab, or the Openshift console.

Security stays intact with role-based permissions. Only configured approvers receive actionable messages. Encryption and webhook signatures keep payloads safe. Automating these approvals also reduces human error—no more approving the wrong build from a cluttered dashboard.

Setting this up usually means adding a step to your Openshift pipeline that calls a bot service, which posts to Slack or Teams. When an action is taken, the bot sends the result back, unblocking the pipeline. The integration is lightweight, requires no major change to your existing CI/CD flow, and can be deployed in minutes.

If your team is stuck waiting for approvals, move the process into the space where work is already happening. Connect Openshift approval workflows directly to Slack or Teams and cut hours from your delivery timelines.

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