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Configure Google Chat for Alerting

Use the Grafana Alerting - Google Chat integration to receive alert notifications in your Google Chat space when your Grafana alert rules are triggered and resolved.

Before you begin

Create a Webhook to enable Grafana to send alert notifications to a Google Chat space. To create a Webhook in Google Chat space, complete the following steps.

1. Follow the steps in Google’s Chat app guide.
2. Copy the Webhook URL.

Procedure

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

1. Navigate to Alerts & IRM -> Alerting -> Contact points.

2. Click + Add contact point.

3. Enter a contact point name.

4. From the Integration list, select Google Chat.

5. In the URL field, paste in your Webhook URL.

6. Click Test to check that your integration works.

   ** For Grafana Alertmanager only.**

   A test alert notification should be sent to the Google Chat space that you associated with the Webhook.

7. Click Save contact point.

Next steps

The Google Chat 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.
2. Edit or create a new alert rule.
3. Scroll down to the Configure labels and notifications section.
4. Under Notifications click Select contact point.
5. From the drop-down menu, select the previously created contact point.
6. Click Save rule and exit.