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# Adding SolarWinds AppOptics as an alert source
This article provides step by step instructions for setting up SolarWinds AppOptics as an alert source within incident.io.
## Instructions
1. Head over to the [Alerts](https://app.incident.io/~/alerts/sources) section in your incident.io dashboard
2. Select the sources tab at the top of the page
3. Press the 'New alert source' button
4. Search for 'AppOptics' and click continue to create the alert source
5. Head over to the AppOptics dashboard, and navigate to *Settings* → *Metric Settings* → *Notification Services*
6. Click on *Webhooks* to add a configuration
7. Enter a name for your webhook, and the URL provided from your incident.io dashboard, and click *Add*.
7. Now, you can configure your alerts to be sent to incident.io, by navigating to the *Notifications* tab on any alert you want to connect, and enabling the notification service you just created.
8. Finally, you can test the connection by clicking *Test Fire* on the right hand side of the page.
