Setup time: 4 Min
Connect AWS Amazon CloudWatch to All Quiet for enhanced alert management and efficient incident response.

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1. Create Your AWS Amazon CloudWatch Integration on All Quiet

Login into your All Quiet account.

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Create AWS Amazon CloudWatch Integration

  1. Click on the Integrations > Inbound Tab.
  2. Click on Create New Integration.
  1. Enter a display name for your integration, e.g. “AWS CloudWatch Integration”.
  2. Select a team.
  3. Select “AWS Amazon CloudWatch” as the type.
  4. Click “Create integration”.

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Copy Webhook URL

  1. Now that you’ve successfully created your AWS Amazon CloudWatch Integration, make sure to copy the webhook URL for later.
  2. AWS SNS requires HTTPS subscriptions (“Webhooks”) to be confirmed by the subscriber. This is done by visiting a subscription URL which AWS sends to the webhook in a payload. All Quiet automatically confirms this URL.
  3. When you’ve just created your AWS Amazon CloudWatch Integration the confirmation status will be pending.

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2. Set up Your AWS CloudWatch Alarms

Login into your AWS console.

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Create SNS Topic

  1. In the AWS “Simple Notification Service” (SNS) section, navigate to “Topics”.
  2. Click on “Create topic” to create a new topic which will be used as a destination for your CloudWatch alarms.
  1. Select “Standard” as the topic type.
  2. Choose a name for your new topic, e.g. “AllQuiet-CloudWatch-Topic”.
  3. Click “Create topic” to create a topic.

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Create SNS HTTPS Subscription

Now that you’ve created a topic, you need to create a subscription to this topic. Click “Create subscription”.
  1. Select “HTTPS” as the protocol of your new subscription.
  2. Paste the Webhook URL that you’ve copied in step Copy Webhook URL.
  3. Click “Create subscription”.
Navigate back to you All Quiet Integration that you’ve created. It should show that the subscription has been confirmed successfully.

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Configure AWS CloudWatch Alarms

Navigate to CloudWatch > Alarms in your AWS console.
  1. Choose “Select an existing SNS topic” when creating or editing your AWS CloudWatch alarms.
  2. Choose the SNS topic that you’ve created before.

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3. Test Your AWS Amazon CloudWatch Integration

You’re almost done. 🥳 The next steps are merely there to verify if everything’s setup correctly! Navigate back to your Webhook that you’ve created in Copy Webhook URL.
  1. Click Reload to load your latest payloads.
  2. Click ← Select to load the latest payload from your alarm. Be aware that the very first payload Amazon SNS will send you is the subscription confirmation message. This payload won’t map correctly to All Quiet’s incidents. If you haven’t received a payload from a real alarm yet, you can use the default example payload that is prefilled.
  3. You can see how the mapping will transform this AWS Amazon CloudWatch payload to an All Quiet incident.
Your AWS Amazon CloudWatch is now successfully integrated with All Quiet, enhancing your incident management capabilities.

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Adjust Payload Mapping

Looking to customize the fields of your incidents by adjusting the pre-built payload mapping? Simply head over to the “Payload” tab within your integration and make the necessary edits to the mapping. For detailed guidance, you may check out our payload mapping documentation.
Using our Terraform provider? Download the default mapping of the allquiet_integration_mapping resource for the AWS Cloudwatch integration. Simply copy the syntax to your .tf file and tailor the resource to your team’s needs!