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# Amazon SNS

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## Setup


### Prerequisites

- A Netdata Cloud account
- Access to the space as an **Admin**
- The Space needs to be on a paid plan
- An AWS account with AWS SNS access

### AWS SNS Configuration

1. [Setting up access for Amazon SNS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sns-setting-up.html)
2. Create a topic
    - On AWS SNS management console click on **Create topic**
    - On the **Details** section, select the standard type and provide the topic name
    - On the **Access policy** section, change the **Publishers** option to **Only the specified AWS accounts** and provide the Netdata AWS account **(123269920060)** that will be used to publish notifications to the topic being created
3. Copy the **Topic ARN** in order to add it to your integration configuration in the Netdata Cloud UI

### Netdata Configuration

1. Click on the **Space settings** cog (located above your profile icon)
2. Click on the **Alerts & Notifications** tab
3. Click on the **+ Add configuration** button
4. Add the AWS SNS Integration
5. A modal will be presented to you to enter the required details to enable the integration:
    - **Notification settings**
      - Configuration name (optional): A name for your configuration in order to easily refer to it
      - Rooms: A list of Rooms for which you want to be notified
      - Notifications: The notification types you want to receive
    - **Integration configuration**
      - Topic ARN: The topic provided on AWS SNS (with region) for where to publish your notifications.


