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diff --git a/doc/config/smtp-email-setup.md b/doc/config/smtp-email-setup.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b90d78919 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/config/smtp-email-setup.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ + +## SMTP Email Setup + +The following instructions maybe used when SMTP email is not setup as part of the installation process. + +1. Setup an email sending service. If you already have credentials for a SMTP server you can skip this step. + 1. [Setup Amazon Simple Email Service](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ses) + 2. From the `SMTP Settings` menu click `Create My SMTP Credentials` + 3. Copy the `Server Name`, `Port`, `SMTP Username`, and `SMTP Password` + 4. From the `Domains` menu setup and verify a new domain. It it also a good practice to enable `Generate DKIM Settings` for this domain. + 5. Choose an email address like `feedback@example.com` for Mattermost to send emails from. + 6. Test sending an email from `feedback@example.com` by clicking the `Send a Test Email` button and verify everything appears to be working correctly. +2. Modify the Mattermost configuration file config.json or config_docker.json with the SMTP information. + 1. If you're running Mattermost on Amazon Beanstalk you can shell into the instance with the following commands + 2. `ssh ec2-user@[domain for the docker instance]` + 3. `sudo gpasswd -a ec2-user docker` + 4. Retrieve the name of the container with `sudo docker ps` + 5. `sudo docker exec -ti container_name /bin/bash` +3. Edit the config file `vi /config_docker.json` with the settings you captured from the step above. See an example below and notice `ByPassEmail` has been set to `false` +``` bash +"EmailSettings": { + "ByPassEmail" : false, + "SMTPUsername": "AKIADTOVBGERKLCBV", + "SMTPPassword": "jcuS8PuvcpGhpgHhlcpT1Mx42pnqMxQY", + "SMTPServer": "email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:465", + "UseTLS": true, + "FeedbackEmail": "feedback@example.com", + "FeedbackName": "Feedback", + "ApplePushServer": "", + "ApplePushCertPublic": "", + "ApplePushCertPrivate": "" +} +``` +4. Restart Mattermost + 1. Find the process id with `ps -A` and look for the process named `platform` + 2. Kill the process `kill pid` + 3. The service should restart automatically. Verify the Mattermost service is running with `ps -A` + 4. Current logged in users will not be affected, but upon logging out or session expiration users will be required to verify their email address. |