# Amazon Cloudwatch (AWS) Integration

Follow these steps to configure a service and seamlessly transfer related alert data from CloudWatch.

Squadcast will process the information and create incidents based on your preferences.

## Using Amazon CloudWatch as an Alert Source

1. Navigate to **Services** -> **Service Overview** -> select or search for your Service. Expand the accordion -> In the Alert Sources section, click **Add**.

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2\. Select **Amazon CloudWatch**. Copy the displayed **Webhook URL** to [<mark style="color:blue;">configure</mark>](#create-a-squadcast-webhook-in-amazon-cloudwatch) it within **Amazon CloudWatch.** Finish by clicking **Add Alert Source** -> **Done**.

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{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Important**</mark>**:**

When an alert source turns <mark style="color:green;">Active</mark>, it’ll show up under Configured Alert Sources. You can either generate a test alert from the integration or wait for a real-time alert to be generated by the Alert Source.\
\
An Alert Source is <mark style="color:green;">active</mark> if there is a recorded incident via that Alert Source for the Service.
{% endhint %}

## Create a Squadcast Webhook in Amazon CloudWatch

1. Now log in to your AWS account and proceed to SNS.
2. Click on "**Create topic**" to configure the display name and related details. Fill in the details as per your requirements and then click on "Create topic".

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3. Now inside the topic, click on "**Create subscription**" to get "Create subscription" page. Select the protocol as "HTTPS" and in the endpoint enter the URL that was copied from Squadcast. Finally, click on "Create subscription" to create the subscription.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important**

Ensure that the `Enable raw message Delivery` checkbox remains unchecked.
{% endhint %}

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4. The "**Subscription ID**" for the subscription should immediately change from "PendingConfirmation" to "Confirmed". Click on the refresh button to verify the same.

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5. Now you can go to any of your AWS services for which you want to set the Alarm. We'll take the example of "EC2" in this case.
6. Right-click on your EC2 instance and go to "**CloudWatch Monitoring**". Click on "**Add/Edit Alarms**".

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7. Click on "**Create Alarm**" and in the following dialog box for the "Send a notification to" drop-down, select the topic you created earlier. Configure the alarm as per your requirements and finally click on "**Create Alarm**". Now you will start receiving incidents on Squadcast whenever this Alarm moves to the "**ALARM" state**.

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8. Under "**Actions**", add a notification selecting "**Whenever this alarm: State is OK**" and "Send notification to:" as the topic you created earlier. Finally, click on "**Save Changes**".

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Your Amazon CloudWatch Integration is now good to go!

* Whenever an Alarm moves to OK state inside CloudWatch the corresponding incident will **automatically be resolved** in Squadcast.

*Have any questions?* [*Ask the community*](https://community.squadcast.com/view/home)*.*


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