# Integrate Spike with Google Cloud

## Service and Integration

Make sure you have the service and integration already setup for Google Cloud. Follow the link below on instructions of how to create integration and service

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[Create integration and service on our dashboard](/integrations-guideline/create-integration-and-service-on-dashboard.md)
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## Use the webhook on Google Cloud

We will create a webhook on Stackdriver to integrate directly with Spike. There is no limit to the number of Spike's webhooks you can add on Google Cloud

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Updated Google Cloud integration docs on 8th May 2020.
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Login to your [Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/) and find [Monitoring](https://console.cloud.google.com/monitoring) on the sidebar

![Select alerting in Monitoring sub menu](/files/-M6o5IHlWivXR7XjD4cH)

![Click on edit notification channel](/files/-M6o5W71wKt8ku7Y9CFB)

![Select webhook](/files/-M6o5W73rfJOVRBfJxSp)

![Paste the webhook and give an appropriate name](/files/-M6o5W74Flf6UGBWWAHJ)

Enter the webhook you copied earlier.

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Optional: You can choose to have Basic Auth enabled. Every Google Cloud integration will have a unique username password combination.
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**Hit Test Connection and Save**

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Testing your webhook will create a test incident. Resolve the test incident immediately. This test incident will not have any metrics though.
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If it fails, make sure you have pasted the right username and password. Refresh the page after a few tries. We are always available on the Live chat on your dashboard. You can also reach out to us on <support@spike.sh>
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![Create a new policy](/files/-M6o5W75mktzPWswW6sQ)

Go to the [monitoring section](https://console.cloud.google.com/monitoring) again and click on Create policy.

![Add your conditions for alerts and select notification channel](/files/-M6o6UYHjOqKhGZzUYLB)

![Select the notification channel we just created](/files/-M6o6rVOGOqMuu9o3pK_)

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For your existing policies, you can simply edit and choose the same steps mentioned
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Inside of Notifications, click on the dropdown menu and select **Webhook with Basic Authentication**.

## FAQ

1. **How many services and integrations can I create on Spike?**
   * Unlimited
2. **How many escalation policies can I have on Spike?**
   * Unlimited
3. **How many SNS topics can I create on AWS?**
   * Unlimited.

At Spike, we are working hard to integrate with all the tools your business uses. We are on a mission to help **you** identify incidents/crashes/spikes before your customers do.

If you have any integration in mind and would like us to build it for you then contact us at [support@spike.sh.](mailto:support@spike.sh)


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