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Version: v2.7.x LTS

Configuring Mattermost chat platform

Configuring Mattermost chat platform

If you use Mattermost as your chat platform, you must configure your Mattermost before using Zowe Chat. You need to create an administrator account, a team, and a bot account in Mattermost.

  1. Installing Mattermost chat platform server

    You can use commands to install Mattermost Container on your server.

  2. Creating administrator account and Mattermost team

    After you start the Mattermost container, you can create an administrator account and a team in Mattermost, and invite your colleagues to join the team.

  3. Creating the bot account

    Create a bot account in Mattermost.

  4. Inviting the created bot to your Mattermost team

    Invite your bot user to your team so that you can invite it to your Mattermost channel, and talk with it in the channel.

  5. Inviting the created bot to your Mattermost channel

    You can create your own private channel in Mattermost, invite your bot user to your channel by adding new members, and talk with it in the channel.

  6. Enabling insecure outgoing connections for mouse navigation