# SNMP traps
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AWS Elemental Conductor Live generates SNMP traps for activity on the cluster. You can set up to receive SNMP traps from Conductor Live. (If you prefer to poll the SNMP interface for messages, see [SNMP polling](notification-polling.md).)

Conductor Live generates SNMP traps for the following events.
+ Type of notification: `ELEMENTAL-MIB::alert`
+ Type of event: Any alert that worker nodes in the cluster generate.
+ Contents of the notification:
  + `ELEMENTAL-MIB::alertSet`. The value is `1` if the alert is being set, `0` if the alert is being cleared.
  + `ELEMENTAL-MIB::alertMessage`. Describes the alert that was set or cleared.

**To set up SNMP traps**

1. On the Conductor Live web interface, go to the **Settings** page and choose **SNMP**.

1. On the **SNMP** page, complete the fields. Use the instructions in the following table as a guide. Choose **Save**:    
[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elemental-cl3/latest/configguide/notification-trap.html)