Setup Mattermost for Console

Users are dynamically created upon logging in to Mattermost, so you'll need to log in to Mattermost as the console-bot before proceeding.

Enable Personal Access Tokens for Admins:

1. Log in to Mattermost with an admin-level account.
2. The user will be prompted to create a team. This can be named/configured to the user's preference.
3. Click the 9 dot icon in the top-left corner (left of the Mattermost logo).
4. Click System Console.
5. Click Integration Management in the left-hand panel.
6. Enable Personal Access Tokens: True.
7. Click Save.
8. Leave System Console by clicking Back to <team name>.

Enable Admin for console-bot:

1. Log in using a Mattermost admin-level account.
2. Click the 9 dot icon in the top-left corner (left of the Mattermost logo).
3. Click System Console.
4. Navigate to User Management -> Users.
5. Find console-bot, and in the Actions column, select Manage Roles and set to System Admin.
6. Click Save.

Create Personal Access Token:

1. Log in to Mattermost as console-bot.
2. Click the profile icon in the top-right corner.
3. Click Profile.
4. Click Security.
5. Click Edit for Personal Access Tokens.
6. Click Create Token:
   1. Token Description: console-bot-admin-integration.
   2. Click Yes, Create.
7. Save Access Token value.

console:
  values:
    backend:
      mattermost:
        enabled: "true"
        host: "chat.<DOMAIN>" # this value can be omitted but is required when setting a custom subdomain for Mattermost.
        accessToken: "<Mattermost Access Token Value>"

caution

Removing or altering permissions in Mattermost for console-bot after access tokens have been set could lead to unexpected issues.