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# Configure PagerDuty for Alerting

Use the Grafana Alerting - PagerDuty integration to receive notifications in PagerDuty when your alerts are firing.

## Before you begin

To set up PagerDuty for integration with Grafana Alerting, you need to create a [PagerDuty](https://www.pagerduty.com/) account. There are several set up steps to perform within PagerDuty before you set up the integration in Grafana Alerting.

### Create a Service

In PagerDuty, a service represents a component, microservice, or infrastructure element that a team oversees, manages, and monitors.

1. Refer to [PagerDuty’s services and integrations guide](https://support.pagerduty.com/docs/services-and-integrations#create-a-service).

1. Follow steps 1 to 5 under **Create a Service**.

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In step 5, choose **Create a service without an integration**.
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### Obtain a PagerDuty integration key

1. Once the service is created, click **Integrations** within the Service options.
1. Click **+ Add an integration**.
1. Select **Events API V2**.
1. Click **Add**.
1. Click the drop-down arrow to display the integration details.
1. Copy the **Integration Key**.

## Procedure

To create your PagerDuty integration in Grafana Alerting, complete the following steps.

1. Navigate to **Alerts & IRM** -> **Alerting** -> **Contact points**.
1. Click **+ Add contact point**.
1. Enter a contact point name.
1. From the Integration list, select **PagerDuty**.
1. In the **Integration Key** field, copy in your integration key.
1. Click **Test** to check that your integration works.

   An incident should display in the Service’s Activity tab in PagerDuty.

1. Click **Save contact point**.

## Next steps

The PagerDuty contact point is ready to receive alert notifications.

To add this contact point to your alert, complete the following steps.

1. In Grafana, navigate to **Alerting** > **Alert rules**.
1. Edit or create a new alert rule.
1. Scroll down to the **Configure labels and notifications** section.
1. Under Notifications click **Select contact point**.
1. From the drop-down menu, select the previously created contact point.
1. **Click Save rule and exit**.
