# Papertrail

Follow the steps below to configure a service so as to extract its related alert data from Papertrail.

Squadcast will then process this information to create incidents for this service as per your preferences.

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

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{% 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 in Papertrail

Now log in to your Papertail account and query a search. Click on "**Save Search**" in the dialog box and in the dialog box after entering the details enter the details in the "Save Search" dialog box and click "**Save & Setup an Alert**"

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In the subsequent page select "Webhook" from "Webhooks" section.

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In the next page select the criteria for which you want to be alerted and in the URL enter the URL you got earlier.

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* **DO NOT** tick on **Send only counts**.

Click on "**Create Alert**" to finally create the alert.

That's it!! your Papertrail Integration is now good to go.

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


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