# Amazon EventBridge

[<mark style="color:blue;">Amazon EventBridge</mark>](https://aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/) is a serverless event bus that makes it easier to build event-driven applications at scale using events generated from your applications, integrated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, and AWS services.

Route detailed alerts from Amazon EventBridge to the right users in Squadcast.

### Using Amazon EventBridge 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 EventBridge**. Copy the displayed **Webhook URL** to [configure](#create-a-squadcast-webhook-connection-in-amazon-eventbridge) it within **Amazon EventBridge.** Finish by clicking **Add Alert Source** -> **Done**.

<figure><img src="/files/mY2yD7X4eKeg8xquf2jw" alt="Configuration of Amazon EventBridge using webhook URL" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

{% 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.\
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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 Connection in Amazon EventBridge

1. Log in to your Amazon EventBridge dashboard. Head over to the **API destinations** tab and click on **Connections**. Then click on **Create connection.**

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2\. Fill in the **Connection name**, and select **API Key** as the Authorization type. Enter **Squadcast** as **API key name** and **true** as **Value**. Then click on **Create.**

<figure><img src="/files/fIIEUVNqPgGt10W9u96v" alt="Select authorization type API key with key name and value" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

3\. Switch the **API destinations** and click on **Create API destination.**

<figure><img src="/files/PejtGOT881Tk01Yf4Ajh" alt="Create API destination Amazon EventBridge" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

4\. Fill in the **Name** and paste the previously copied Squadcast Webhook URL in the placeholder for the **API destination endpoint**. Select **POST** as the **HTTP method** and under Connection, choose the previously created connection. Then click on **Create.**

<figure><img src="/files/M48zWzZwQb4MLfBTWDOm" alt="API destination details in Amazon EventBridge" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* You can now mention your newly created **API destination** as a target under **Rules**.

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

* Whenever Amazon EventBridge fires an alert, an incident will be created in Squadcast for it.

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


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