# Better Uptime

[<mark style="color:blue;">Better Uptime</mark>](https://betterstack.com/better-uptime) is an uptime monitoring tool with a radically better infrastructure monitoring platform.

Route detailed alerts from Better Uptime to the right users in Squadcast.

### Using Better Uptime as an Alert Source

**(1)** From the navigation bar on the left, select **Services**. Pick the applicable **Team** from the Team-picker on the top. Next, click on **Alert Sources** for the applicable Service

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**(2)** Search for **Better Uptime** from the Alert Source drop-down and copy the Webhook URL

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

For an Alert Source to turn <mark style="color:green;">active</mark> (indicated by a **green dot - Receiving alerts** against the name of the Alert Source in the drop-down), you can either generate a test alert 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 in the last 30 days.
{% endhint %}

### Create a Squadcast Webhook Alert in Better Uptime

**(1)** Login to your Better Uptime dashboard. Navigate to the **Integrations** section and then click on **Exporting data**

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**(2)** Under the **Exporting data** tab, select **Configure webhooks** and click on **Configure**

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**(3)** Now, under **Incident webhook** click on **Add** and paste the previosuly copied Squadcast Webhook URL. Similarly, under **Monitor webhook** click on **Add** and paste the previosuly copied Squadcast Webhook URL

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That's it, you are good to go! Your Better Uptime integration is now complete.

Whenever Better Uptime fires Incident/Monitor alert, an incident will be created in Squadcast for it. Also, when an alert is resolved in Better Uptime, the corresponding incident gets **auto-resolved** in Squadcast.

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