# Kapacitor
[Kapacitor](https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/kapacitor/) is a real-time streaming data processing engine in the TICK stack. It can process both stream and batch data from InfluxDB, acting on this data in real-time via its programming language TICKscript.
Route detailed alerts from Kapacitor to the right users in Squadcast.
## How to integrate Kapacitor with Squadcast
## In Squadcast: Using Kapacitor 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**.
2\. Select **Kapacitor**. Copy the displayed **Webhook URL** to [configure](#in-kapacitor-setup-a-squadcast-webhook) it within **Kapacitor**. 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. \
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An Alert Source is active if there is a recorded incident via that Alert Source for the Service.
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## In Kapacitor: Setup a Squadcast Webhook
### **Method 1: Configuring Squadcast Webhook through Chronograf**
1. From your Chronograf account, hover over the *Alerts* icon in the sidebar, and select *Manage Tasks*
2. You can either modify an existing *Alert Rule* or create one by selecting *Add Alert Rule*
3. Within the *Alert Rule Builder*, give the Alert Rule a *Name*, select *Alert Type*, *Time Series*, *Conditions*
Scroll further to *Alert Handlers*
(a) Select *post* from the drop-down
3. (b) Paste the Webhook copied from Squadcast under the *HTTP endpoint for the POST request*
4. Click on *Save Rule*
### **Method 2: Configure Squadcast Webhook in kapacitor.conf and use the endpoint in TICKscript**
1. Within kapacitor.conf, scroll to `[[httppost]]` and paste the following:
```
endpoint = "squadcast"
url = "