# Configuration

## Notifications setup

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Login to **GitProtect Management Service**, go to ⚙ **Settings** > **Slack notifications** and switch the toggle to enable them.

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Click the **Enable notifications** tile to open the settings.
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Expand the **Webhook address** tab and enter the webhook URL for the **Slack** channel that should receive notifications.

{% hint style="info" %}
Learn how to create a webhook address in [this article](https://helpcenter.gitprotect.io/management/notifications/slack-notifications/creating-a-webhook-url-in-slack).
{% endhint %}

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Click the **Test** button to send a test message to your channel. If everything works correctly, click **Save** to proceed.
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Next, expand the **Slack notifications** tab to configure additional settings, such as language and [notification types](#available-notification-types).

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To finish the email notifications setup, review your settings and click **Save**.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

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## Available notification types

Below is a list of available notification types:

1. **Backup plan summary** — a notification is sent immediately after the backup task is finished or if it cannot be started. You can specify which task notifications you want to receive:
   1. **Successfully finished tasks** — notifies you about all successfully completed tasks.
   2. **Tasks finished with warnings** — notifies you about all tasks completed with warnings.
   3. **Failed tasks** — notifies you about all failed tasks.
   4. **Canceled tasks** — notifies you about all canceled tasks.
   5. **Tasks not started** — notifies you about tasks that could not be started.
2. **Restore verification summary** — sent after the data restoration process is completed; includes a detailed summary.
3. **Daily report** — an aggregate summary of all backup tasks performed during the day, sent at a manually defined time.
4. **SLA Reports** — monthly summary of backup correctness for the protected environment.
5. **Storage capacity notifications** — alerts you when storage usage exceeds the defined limit.