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

# Google Cloud Monitoring Alert Events

> Sync Google Cloud Monitoring alert events to Flashduty via webhook for automated alert noise reduction

Sync Google Cloud Monitoring alert events to Flashduty via webhook for 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 simpler option when you don't need to route alert events to different channels.

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    1. Go to the Flashduty console, select **Channel**, and enter a channel's details page
    2. Select the **Integrations** tab, click **Add Integration** to enter the integration page
    3. Choose **Google Cloud Monitoring** integration and 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 option 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 **Google Cloud Monitoring** 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 Google Cloud

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  ## I. Google Cloud Monitoring Alert Push Configuration

  ### Step 1: Configure Alert Channel

  1. Log in to the Google Cloud Console, search for the `Monitoring` product, and enter its console
  2. Find `Alerting` in the left menu and click `EDIT NOTIFICATION CHANNELS` to create a channel

  <img alt="drawing" width="600" src="https://download.flashcat.cloud/flashduty/doc/google-cm-1.png" />

  3. Find `Webhooks` on the Notification channels page and click `ADD NEW`
  4. Enter the integration push URL in the `Endpoint URL` field (the URL will be generated after saving the integration name on the current page)
  5. Enter **Flashduty** in the `Display Name` field
  6. Click `TEST CONNECTION` and then `SAVE` to complete

  <img alt="drawing" width="600" src="https://download.flashcat.cloud/flashduty/doc/google-cm-2.png" />

  ### Step 2: Use Flashduty Alert Channel in Alert Policy

  1. Return to the `Alerting` page
  2. Create or edit an existing policy
  3. Skip other policy configurations (configure alert conditions according to business requirements)
  4. On the `Notifications and name` page, keep `Use notification channel` enabled
  5. Select the **Flashduty** channel created in **Step 1** from the `Notification channels` dropdown, and check `Notify on incident closure`
  6. Complete other configurations and save the policy

  <img alt="drawing" width="600" src="https://download.flashcat.cloud/flashduty/doc/google-cm-3.png" />
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## II. Status Mapping

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  | Google Cloud Monitoring | Flashduty | Status   |
  | ----------------------- | --------- | -------- |
  | Critical                | Critical  | Critical |
  | Error                   | Warning   | Warning  |
  | Warning                 | Warning   | Warning  |
  | No severity             | Info      | Info     |
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