Extensions

Extend PagerDuty's capabilities with third-party tools

Service extensions allow you to connect PagerDuty to third-party tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira Cloud, etc. These tools can extend PagerDuty's capabilities and help streamline your incident response and communication.

Based on your user permissions, there are two places to manage service extensions:

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Extensions with Dedicated Pages

Some extensions have dedicated pages and the information below will not apply, for example Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Jira Cloud. Please refer to a product’s integration guide if you find the information in this guide is not applicable.

Manage Extensions on the Service Details Page

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Required User Permissions

Users with the following roles can manage extensions on both the Extensions and the Service details page:

  • Manager Team role
  • Note: Users with a Manager Team role and lower-level base role (e.g., Responder, Observer, or Restricted Access) can only manage extensions from the service details page.
  • Admin/Global Admin
  • Account Owner

If you're not sure what role you have, or if you need your permissions adjusted, visit our sections on Check Your User Role or Edit User Roles.

View Extensions

  1. Navigate to Services Service Directory and select your desired service.
  2. Select the tab Integrations and scroll to the section Extensions and Add-Ons.

Create Extensions

  1. Navigate to Services Service Directory and select your desired.
  2. Select the tab Integrations, scroll to the section No extensions or add-ons found on this service, and click Add an Extensions.
    1. Note: If an extension already exists on the service, please click Add or manage extensions.
  3. Click New Extension and enter the requested information, for example:
    • Extension Type
    • Name
    • Details
A screenshot of the PagerDuty web app showing where to enter extension details

Enter extension details

  1. Click Save.

Edit Extensions

  1. Navigate to Services Service Directory and select your desired service.
  2. Select the tab Integrations, scroll to the section Extensions and Add-Ons, and click Add or manage extensions.
  3. To the right of your desired extension, select Edit.
  4. Make the required changes and click Save.

Delete Extensions

  1. Navigate to Services Service Directory and select your desired service.
  2. Select the tab Integrations, scroll to the section Extensions and Add-Ons, and click Add or manage extensions.
  3. To the right of your desired extension, select Remove.
  4. In the confirmation dialog, click Delete.
    1. Note: This is a permanent action and cannot be undone.

Manage Extensions on the Extensions Page

The Extensions page allows you to view and manage all of your service extensions, persistent conference bridges and add-ons.

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Required User Permissions

Account Owner, Admin, Global Admin, or Manager roles can manage extensions on the Extensions page.

If you're not sure what role you have, or if you need your permissions adjusted, visit our sections on Check Your User Role or Edit User Roles.

View Extensions

To view Extensions in the web app, navigate go to Integrations Extensions. On the Extensions page with the Service Extensions tab selected, you will be able to see extensions across all services in your account.

If you do not see as many extensions as you expect, you may need to adjust the Per Page dropdown or page forward to view more results.

A screenshot of the PagerDuty web app showing how to view more extensions

View more extensions

Add Extensions

  1. Go to Integrations Extensions.
  2. With the Service Extensions tab selected, click New Extension and enter the requested information, for example:
    • Extension Type
    • Name
    • Service
    • Details
  3. Click Save.

Update Extensions

  1. Go to Integrations Extensions.
  2. To the right of your desired extension, select Edit.
  3. Make the required changes and click Save.

Delete Extensions

  1. Go to Integrations Extensions.
  2. To the right of your desired extension, select Remove.
  3. In the confirmation dialog, click Delete.
    1. Note: This is a permanent action and cannot be undone.