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This guide explains how to configure a PagerDuty account. Skip it if you have your PagerDuty account set up for further configuration with Cloudaware.

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You must be an Admin or Account Owner within PagerDuty to access API Key and Integration Key that are used required for configuring PagerDuty AccountsAccount and/or PagerDuty Notificationintegrations in Cloudaware.

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Setup in PagerDuty

1. Log in to your PagerDuty account. Click the User icon → My Profile. Configure your the User Profile by adding Contact Information, Notification Rules, and User Settings:

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2. Invite your the team members. Go to PeopleUsersAdd Users.

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3. Generate an API key. Go to Configuration (upper right corner) → API Access → click +Create New API Key.

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Give a description to of the key → Create Key. Copy the key to a safe place and click Close.

You can use one One API key can be used for both types of PagerDuty integration in Cloudaware.

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4.1. Create a Team to add users, define their team roles, and customize the UI for specific users in your PagerDuty account (optional). Go to PeopleTeams+New Team.

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4.2. Create On-Call Scheduleto distribute incident response responsibility across your teams. Go to PeopleOn-Call Schedules → click +New On-Call Schedule.

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4.3. Create an Escalation Policy. Go to PeopleEscalation Policies → click +New Escalation Policy.

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Add a team, specify select a user who will be assigned responsibility responsible for resolution when a service is triggered, and set up notification settings. Click Save.

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4.4. Set up Services and Integrations to be monitored create incidents in PagerDuty. Go to ServicesService Directory+New Service to add a service (such as an application, component, or team) you wish to open incidents against.

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Manage the Service settings: add one of the available integrations, select the escalation policy you created before, and set up incident behavior. Click Add Service.

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Learn more about Services & Integrations

5. Test your the PagerDuty configuration by creating a test incident. Go to IncidentsAll Incidents → click+New Incident.

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