# SolarWinds Observability Self Hosted [SolarWinds Observability Self Hosted](https://www.solarwinds.com/hybrid-cloud-observability) is designed to help organizations eliminate tool sprawl, ensure availability, improve visibility, and reduce remediation time across the entire IT estate with AI-powered, full-stack observability for today’s complex IT environments. Route detailed alerts from SolarWinds Observability Self Hosted to the right users in Squadcast. ### Using SolarWinds Observability Self Hosted 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**. ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-4fbd74e7ca0b30173c47a1d58ed6a0804a0465aa%2FAlert_Sources.png?alt=media\&token=aaca6610-9d18-4dd4-9cf5-320042f326f1) 2\. Select **SolarWinds** **Observability Self Hosted.** Copy the displayed **Webhook URL** to [configure](#create-a-squadcast-webhook-alert-in-solarwinds-orion) it within **SolarWinds.** Finish by clicking **Add Alert Source** -> **Done.**
{% hint style="warning" %} **Important:** When an alert source turns Active, 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 active if there is a recorded incident via that Alert Source for the Service. {% endhint %} ### Create a Squadcast Webhook Alert in SolarWinds **Observability Self Hosted** **(1)** Login to your SolarWinds dashboard. Head over to the **ALERTS & ACTIVITY** tab. Then select **Alerts** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-541febfc2df903522be81733edb8f06bf5dd4349%2Fsolarwinds_orion_2.png?alt=media\&token=b74416c3-50b0-4cef-ac52-c5524376ea90) **(2)** Click on **Manage Alerts**, then under the **ALERT MANAGER** section, click on **ADD NEW ALERT** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f8edc3d1ac5466ce6ec9bfa9d562b3be2331f065%2Fsolarwinds_orion_3.png?alt=media\&token=be6a502e-fd27-49bd-8fa4-fafda24c5932) ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3f6ff75d79ee9b5f5d6ca42f4b020fc0ca9a2969%2Fsolarwinds_orion_4.png?alt=media) **(3)** Under Alert Properties, set the **Name of alert definition** and the **Description of alert definition**. Toggle the **Enabled (On/Off)** switch to **ON** and click on **NEXT** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b8c929a0a64f661e40d11f047c5fa0f57b10942e%2Fsolarwinds_orion_5.png?alt=media\&token=14ed1f74-797f-4de8-bc1d-c63b4c033808) **(4)** Set the **Trigger Conditions** and **Reset Conditions** and click on **NEXT** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-0c94c8408683c2c7d8a4a0942024584130b9ab75%2Fsolarwinds_orion_6.png?alt=media\&token=e3fd2ce8-d59b-40cd-b884-c70edaac1979) ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-81f3756341824990d38c4fc40d898eccc35af79b%2Fsolarwinds_orion_7.png?alt=media\&token=c0dbdcf3-1a48-4998-a7ac-6666dfcd0bf7) **(5)** Under **Trigger Actions**, click on **Add Action**. Then select **Send a GET or POST Request to a Web Server** and click on **CONFIGURE ACTION** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-52d3e2c0fa365424f4b31b0bc7e741c84d052755%2Fsolarwinds_orion_8.png?alt=media) ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1f42bbc0cdd2a527b8314ab22af5545cbcc9100e%2Fsolarwinds_orion_9.png?alt=media\&token=67db79e5-e7d7-44e7-9049-ce9d10c9b0cf) **(6)** Set the **name of action**. Paste the previously copied Squadcast Webhook URL in the placeholder for **URL**. Select **Use HTTP/S POST** and paste the variables mentioned below in the **Body to POST** box. Set **ContentType** as **application/x-www-form-urlencoded** and **None** under **Authentication**. Click on **ADD ACTION**, then on **NEXT** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9be46616a6694cb607cd1ed8bad2f1077964defc%2Fsolarwinds_orion_10.png?alt=media) ``` EventID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertObjectID}-${N=Alerting;M=AlertID}&AcknowledgeLink=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeLink}&AcknowledgeUrl=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeUrl}&Acknowledged=${N=Alerting;M=Acknowledged}&AcknowledgedBy=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgedBy}&AcknowledgedTime=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgedTime;F=DateTime}&AlertActiveID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertActiveID}&AlertDefID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDefID}&AlertDescription=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDescription}&AlertDetailsUrl=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDetailsUrl}&AlertID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertID}&TimeOfDay=${N=Alerting;M=TimeOfDay}&Severity=${N=Alerting;M=Severity}&ObjectType=${N=Alerting;M=ObjectType}&Notes=${N=Alerting;M=Notes}&LongAlertTriggerTime=${N=Alerting;M=LongAlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime}&LastEdit=${N=Alerting;M=LastEdit;F=DateTime}&DownTime=${N=Alerting;M=DownTime}&AlertTriggerTime=${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime}&AlertTriggerCount=${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerCount}&AlertObjectID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertObjectID}&AlertName=${N=Alerting;M=AlertName}&AlertMessage=${N=Alerting;M=AlertMessage}&Status=Triggered ``` {% hint style="info" %} **Note:** **Custom User Defined Variables** Users can define two custom variables under Trigger Actions. The two variables can be added in the format mentioned below : **\&CustomVariable1Name=\[Name]\&CustomVariable1Value=\[Value]\&CustomVariable2Name=\[Name]\&CustomVariable2Value=\[Value]** Replace the **\[Name]** & **\[Value]** with proper values and add at the end of the variables mentioned in **Step 6**. This is how it would look like : ``` EventID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertObjectID}-${N=Alerting;M=AlertID}&AcknowledgeLink=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeLink}&AcknowledgeUrl=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeUrl}&Acknowledged=${N=Alerting;M=Acknowledged}&AcknowledgedBy=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgedBy}&AcknowledgedTime=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgedTime;F=DateTime}&AlertActiveID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertActiveID}&AlertDefID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDefID}&AlertDescription=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDescription}&AlertDetailsUrl=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDetailsUrl}&AlertID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertID}&TimeOfDay=${N=Alerting;M=TimeOfDay}&Severity=${N=Alerting;M=Severity}&ObjectType=${N=Alerting;M=ObjectType}&Notes=${N=Alerting;M=Notes}&LongAlertTriggerTime=${N=Alerting;M=LongAlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime}&LastEdit=${N=Alerting;M=LastEdit;F=DateTime}&DownTime=${N=Alerting;M=DownTime}&AlertTriggerTime=${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime}&AlertTriggerCount=${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerCount}&AlertObjectID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertObjectID}&AlertName=${N=Alerting;M=AlertName}&AlertMessage=${N=Alerting;M=AlertMessage}&Status=Triggered&CustomVariable1Name=[Name]&CustomVariable1Value=[Value]&CustomVariable2Name=[Name]&CustomVariable2Value=[Value] ``` {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} **Note:** **Custom User Defined Incident Message** Users can define custom Incident Message under Trigger Actions. The variable can be added in the format mentioned below : **\&CustomIncidentMessage=\[IncidentMessage]** Replace the **\[IncidentMessage]** with proper values and add at the end of the variables mentioned in **Step 6**. This is how it would look like : ``` EventID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertObjectID}-${N=Alerting;M=AlertID}&AcknowledgeLink=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeLink}&AcknowledgeUrl=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeUrl}&Acknowledged=${N=Alerting;M=Acknowledged}&AcknowledgedBy=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgedBy}&AcknowledgedTime=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgedTime;F=DateTime}&AlertActiveID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertActiveID}&AlertDefID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDefID}&AlertDescription=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDescription}&AlertDetailsUrl=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDetailsUrl}&AlertID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertID}&TimeOfDay=${N=Alerting;M=TimeOfDay}&Severity=${N=Alerting;M=Severity}&ObjectType=${N=Alerting;M=ObjectType}&Notes=${N=Alerting;M=Notes}&LongAlertTriggerTime=${N=Alerting;M=LongAlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime}&LastEdit=${N=Alerting;M=LastEdit;F=DateTime}&DownTime=${N=Alerting;M=DownTime}&AlertTriggerTime=${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime}&AlertTriggerCount=${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerCount}&AlertObjectID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertObjectID}&AlertName=${N=Alerting;M=AlertName}&AlertMessage=${N=Alerting;M=AlertMessage}&Status=Triggered&CustomVariable1Name=[Name]&CustomVariable1Value=[Value]&CustomVariable2Name=[Name]&CustomVariable2Value=[Value]&CustomIncidentMessage=[IncidentMessage] ``` {% endhint %} **(7)** Under **RESET ACTIONS**, click on **Add Action**. Then select **Send a GET or POST Request to a Web Server** and click on **CONFIGURE ACTION** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b7b40a15ca5d15e5fcfd98f4c0917923b4cf108e%2Fsolarwinds_orion_11.png?alt=media) ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a180a92cc238ccb811569ebc64dbca4e3fc547f1%2Fsolarwinds_orion_12.png?alt=media) **(8)** Set the **name of action**. Paste the previously copied Squadcast Webhook URL in the placeholder for **URL**. Select **Use HTTP/S POST** and paste the variables mentioned below in the **Body to POST** box. Set **ContentType** as **application/x-www-form-urlencoded** and **None** under **Authentication**. Click on **ADD ACTION**, then on **NEXT** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-edb69cdebe4a6f974655f233855d2556045192ff%2Fsolarwinds_orion_13.png?alt=media) ``` EventID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertObjectID}-${N=Alerting;M=AlertID}&AcknowledgeLink=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeLink}&AcknowledgeUrl=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeUrl}&Acknowledged=${N=Alerting;M=Acknowledged}&AcknowledgedBy=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgedBy}&AcknowledgedTime=${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgedTime;F=DateTime}&AlertActiveID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertActiveID}&AlertDefID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDefID}&AlertDescription=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDescription}&AlertDetailsUrl=${N=Alerting;M=AlertDetailsUrl}&AlertID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertID}&TimeOfDay=${N=Alerting;M=TimeOfDay}&Severity=${N=Alerting;M=Severity}&ObjectType=${N=Alerting;M=ObjectType}&Notes=${N=Alerting;M=Notes}&LongAlertTriggerTime=${N=Alerting;M=LongAlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime}&LastEdit=${N=Alerting;M=LastEdit;F=DateTime}&DownTime=${N=Alerting;M=DownTime}&AlertTriggerTime=${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime}&AlertTriggerCount=${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerCount}&AlertObjectID=${N=Alerting;M=AlertObjectID}&AlertName=${N=Alerting;M=AlertName}&AlertMessage=${N=Alerting;M=AlertMessage}&Status=Resolved ``` **(9)** Finalize the Alert Details on the **SUMMARY** page and click on **SUBMIT** ![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-4ea0258f5096ea0db43c3255149b3b6c0171e611%2Fsolarwinds_orion_14.png?alt=media) That's it, you are good to go! Your SolarWinds Observability Self Hosted integration is now complete. Whenever SolarWinds fires an alert through **Trigger Actions**, an incident will be created in Squadcast for it. Also, when an alert has been **RESET** in SolarWinds, the corresponding incident gets **auto-resolved** in Squadcast. *Have any questions?* [*Ask the community*](https://community.squadcast.com/view/home)*.*