# Scout APM

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

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

### Using Scout APM 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 **Scout APM.** Copy the displayed **Webhook URL** to [configure](#create-squadcast-webhook-in-scout-apm) it within **Scout APM**. 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 Squadcast Webhook in Scout APM

Go to your Scout APM dashboard and select Alerts & Notifications under the company name.

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Then click on **Notification channels** from the left menu.

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Then click the **New Webhook** button.

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Enter the **Name** of the webhook as **Squadcast webhook** and the **Webhook url** which you have obtained from the previous step and click the **Create Channel** button.

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Then go to the **Notification Groups** and add **Squadcast webhook** to the **Default** notification group or create a new notification group and add to it.

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Then you can add this **Notification channel** to an **Alert condition** and whenever the alert is fired, an incident will be created automatically in Squadcast.

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The Scout APM integration comes with an **Auto-Resolve** feature, meaning that whenever the alerts gets resolved in Scout APM, the incident will automatically get resolved in Squadcast as well.

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


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