Configuring Zowe Chat with Microsoft Teams

This step is for Microsoft Teams users only. You configure your chat platform by editing the msteams.yaml file.

Prerequisite

Make sure that you have configured your chat tool when configuring the Zowe Chat server. For details, see Configuring Zowe Chat server.

Configuring Microsoft Teams

1. Go to the Zowe Chat configuration directory.

   cd $ZOWE_CHAT_HOME/config/chatTools

2. Edit the msteams.yaml file. Replace <Your Bot ID>, <Your bot password> and <Your host name> with values based on your environment.

   tip

   You should have saved your bot ID and bot password when you created your bot. For details, see Creating a bot with Microsoft Bot Framework or Creating a bot with Microsoft Azure.

   #  Specify the bot user name or account that is used in your chat tool server.
   # The default value is zowechat.
   botUserName: zowechat
   
   # Specify the ID of your Microsoft Teams bot.
   botId: <Your Bot ID>
   
   # Specify the password of your Microsoft Teams bot.
   botPassword: <Your bot password>
   
   # Configure the messaging endpoint for your Microsoft Teams bot.
   # Configure the messaging application which your Microsoft Teams bot will communicate with when some user clicking actions occur.
   messagingApp:
     # Specify the protocol of your messaging endpoint. The value only can be https.
     # The default value is https.
     protocol: https
   
     # Specify the host name or IP address of your messaging endpoint.
     hostName: <Your host name>
   
     # Specify the port number of your messaging endpoint.
     # The default value is 7701.
     port: 7701
   
     # Specify the base path of your messaging endpoint.
     # The default value is /zowe/chat/api/v1.
     basePath: /zowe/chat/api/v1
   
     # Specify the absolute file path of the TLS key (PEM) if HTTPS protocol is specified.  
     tlsKey: <Your absolute TLS key file path of your messaging server>
   
     # Specify the absolute file path of the TLS certificate (PEM) if HTTPS protocol is specified.
     tlsCert: <Your absolute TLS cert file path of your messaging server>