# PagerDuty

In order to notify via PagerDuty, you need to create a service key.

# Create a PagerDuty service

Login to PagerDuty, go to 'Services' and click on 'New Service'

You must now enter a name for the service and an optional description.

You also must assign an escalation policy.

From the integrations, please select 'Events API V2'.

From the following page, please copy the value of the 'Integration Key'.

# Create the notification channel

You can now create a new notification channel inside Checkson

Choose a name, select 'PagerDuty' as the type and enter the email address.

When you click 'Create' the new notification channel will be created. You can now use this channel for checks.