> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.flashcat.cloud/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# AWS CloudWatch Integration

> Sync AWS CloudWatch alert events to Flashduty via webhook to achieve automated alert noise reduction

Sync AWS CloudWatch alert events to Flashduty via webhook to achieve automated alert noise reduction.

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  ## In Flashduty

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  You can obtain an integration push URL through either of these two methods:

  ### Using Private Integration

  Choose this method when you don't need to route alert events to different channels. It's simpler.

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    1. Go to the Flashduty console, select **Channel**, and enter a specific channel's details page
    2. Select the **Integration** tab, click **Add Integration** to enter the integration page
    3. Choose **AWS CloudWatch** integration, click **Save** to generate a card
    4. Click the generated card to view the **push URL**, copy it for later use, and you're done
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  ### Using Shared Integration

  Choose this method when you need to route alerts to different channels based on the alert event's payload information.

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    1. Go to the Flashduty console, select **Integration Center=>Alert Events** to enter the integration selection page
    2. Select **AWS CloudWatch** integration:
       * **Integration Name**: Define a name for this integration
    3. Configure the default route and select the corresponding channel (after the integration is created, you can go to `Route` to configure more routing rules)
    4. Click **Save** and copy the newly generated **push URL** for later use
    5. Done
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## In AWS CloudWatch

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  1. Log in to your AWS Console, search for `Simple Notification Service` product and enter its console
  2. Go to the `Topics` page, click the `Create topic` button to start creating a topic
  3. Select `Standard` for `Type`, enter `Flashduty` as the name
  4. Click the `Create Topic` button to complete topic creation
  5. Go to the `Subscriptions` page, click the `Create subscription` button to create a subscription for the topic
  6. Select `Flashduty` for `Topic ARN`, choose `HTTPS` for `Protocol`, enter the integration push URL for `Endpoint` (enter the integration name on the current page, the URL will be generated after saving)
  7. Click the `Create subscription` button to complete subscription creation

  <img alt="drawing" width="600" src="https://download.flashcat.cloud/aws-cloudwatch-subscribe.png" />

  8. Return to the `Subscriptions` page. When the subscription status shows `Confirmed`, the subscription URL verification is successful; otherwise, please contact Flashduty
  9. Search for the `CloudWatch` product and enter its console
  10. Go to the `All alarms` page, choose to create or edit existing alarm policies
  11. For the `Notification` step, select `Flashduty` as the `SNS topic` for all three states: `In alarm`, `OK`, and `Insufficient data`, as shown below:

  <img alt="drawing" width="600" src="https://download.flashcat.cloud/aws-cloudwatch-alram.png" />

  12. Return to the integration list. If the latest event time is displayed, the configuration is successful and events are being received
  13. Complete
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## Status Mapping

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  All CloudWatch metric alarms correspond to Flashduty "warning" severity level alerts.
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