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title: About alerts
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Stay informed when specific Next-Gen WAF activity occurs by setting up integrations that send alerts to external channels (e.g., Slack, Datadog). To configure these integrations, you'll use the Alerts feature in the Fastly control panel or the Integrations feature in the Next-Gen WAF control panel.

> **HINT:** 
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> Want to set up alerting for your CDN or Compute service? Check out our [Alerts documentation](/guides/observability/alerts/).
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## Setting up alerting

To set up alerting for the Next-Gen WAF, select the tab for your control panel and follow the instructions for the relevant integration.

### Fastly Control Panel

The Fastly control panel supports the following integrations:

- [Datadog](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/datadog/)
- [Generic Webhooks](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/generic-webhooks/)
- [JIRA](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/jira/)
- [Mailing List](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/mailing-list/)
- [Microsoft Teams](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/teams/)
- [OpsGenie](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/opsgenie/)
- [PagerDuty](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/pagerduty/)
- [Slack](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/slack/)

### Next Gen Waf Control Panel

The Next-Gen WAF control panel supports corp-level and site-level integrations.

- **corp integrations:** notify you when actions occur at the corp level, such as changes to users, sites, and settings. These integrations do not alert on activity within individual sites. Only Owners can create and modify corp integrations.

  > **IMPORTANT:** Corp integrations are not supported on the [Essential platform](https://docs.fastly.com/products/fastly-next-gen-waf#feature-availability).

- **site integrations:** notify you about activity within specific sites, such as IP flagging events, changes to custom rules, and changes to site-level settings. Each site integration must be configured individually per site. To receive alerts for activity across all sites, you must create a site integration for each site.

The supported integrations at each level are as follows:

| Integration                                                                                                   | Corp | Site |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ---- |
| [Cisco Threat Response / SecureX](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/ctr/) |      | ✔    |
| [Datadog](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/datadog/)                     |      | ✔    |
| [Generic Webhooks](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/generic-webhooks/)   |      | ✔    |
| [JIRA](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/jira/)                           |      | ✔    |
| [Mailing List](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/mailing-list/)           | ✔    | ✔    |
| [Microsoft Teams](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/teams/)               | ✔    | ✔    |
| [OpsGenie](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/opsgenie/)                   |      | ✔    |
| [PagerDuty](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/pagerduty/)                 |      | ✔    |
| [Slack](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/slack/)                         | ✔    | ✔    |
| [Splunk On-Call](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/splunk-on-call)        |      | ✔    |
| [Sumo Logic](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations/sumo-logic/)               |      | ✔    |

## Sending test alerts

After you set up alerting, you can verify that it is working correctly by sending a test alert. To use the Fastly control panel to send a test alert, complete the following steps:

1.   Log in to the [Fastly control panel](https://manage.fastly.com).

2.   Go to **Security** > **Next-Gen WAF** > [**Workspaces**](https://manage.fastly.com/security/ngwaf/workspaces).

3.   Click the gear <span class="inline-icons"><img src="/img/icons/gear.png" alt="Gear icon" /></span> next to the workspace that you want to modify.

4. Click **Alerts**.
5. Click the **Integration type** or the pencil <span class="inline-icons"><img src="/img/icons/pencil.png" alt="Pencil icon" /></span> next to the appropriate alert.
6. Click **Test workspace alert**. A test message is sent to the external channel.

To use the Next-Gen WAF control panel to send a test alert, select the tab for the scope of integration you want to test and complete the following steps:

### Corp integration

1.   Log in to the [Next-Gen WAF control panel](https://dashboard.signalsciences.net).

2. From the **Corp Manage** menu, select **Corp Integrations**.
3. Click the name of the integration that you want to test.
4. Click **Test integration**. A test message is sent to the external channel.

### Site integration

1.   Log in to the [Next-Gen WAF control panel](https://dashboard.signalsciences.net).

2.   From the **Sites** menu, select a site if you have more than one site.

3. From the **Manage** menu, select **Site Integrations**.
4. Click the name of the integration that you want to test.
5. Click **Test integration**. A test message is sent to the external channel.

## Deleting integrations

To delete an integration in the Fastly control panel, complete the following steps:

1.   Log in to the [Fastly control panel](https://manage.fastly.com).

2.   Go to **Security** > **Next-Gen WAF** > [**Workspaces**](https://manage.fastly.com/security/ngwaf/workspaces).

3.   Click the gear <span class="inline-icons"><img src="/img/icons/gear.png" alt="Gear icon" /></span> next to the workspace that you want to modify.

4. Click **Alerts**.
5. Click the trash <span class="inline-icons"><img src="/img/icons/trash.png" alt="Trash icon" /></span> next to the appropriate alert.
6. Click **Delete**.

To delete an integration in the Next-Gen WAF control panel, complete the following steps:

### Corp integration

1.   Log in to the [Next-Gen WAF control panel](https://dashboard.signalsciences.net).

2. From the **Corp Manage** menu, select **Corp Integrations**.
3. Click the name of the integration that you want to test.
4. Click **Remove corp integration**.

### Site integration

1.   Log in to the [Next-Gen WAF control panel](https://dashboard.signalsciences.net).

2.   From the **Sites** menu, select a site if you have more than one site.

3. From the **Manage** menu, select **Site Integrations**.
4. Click the name of the integration that you want to test.
5. Click **Remove site integration**.

## Related content

- [About the Alerts feature](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/alerts/getting-started-with-alerts)
- [Using an API with the Next-Gen WAF](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/reference/api/using-an-api-with-the-next-gen-waf)
