Enable email event notifications

StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x

Overview
StackState can send an event notification by email whenever the health state of an entity or view changes. To enable email event notifications, the StackState configuration must include details of the SMTP server to use.
Configure an SMTP server to use for email event notifications
Kubernetes
Linux
1.Update the StackState configuration in values.yaml to include SMTP server details:
 stackstate:
   components:
     viewHealth:
       config: |
         stackstate{
           email {
             properties {
               "mail.smtp.auth" = "true"   # "true" when user/pass provided   
               "mail.smtp.starttls.enable" = "false"   # use "true" for TLS
             }
             sender = "<EMAIL_SENDER_ADDRESS>"
             server {
               protocol = "smtp"
               host =  "<SMTP_SERVER_HOST>"
               port = 25
               username = "XXX"      # optional
               password = "XXX"      # optional
             }
           }
         }
2.Restart StackState to apply the configuration changes.
3.You can manage the event handlers configured for a view in the StackState UI right panel View summary tab under Event handlers.
1.Update the StackState configuration file application_stackstate.conf to include SMTP server details:
 stackstate{
   ...
​
   email {
     properties {
       "mail.smtp.auth" = "true"   # "true" when user/pass provided   
       "mail.smtp.starttls.enable" = "false"   # use "true" for TLS
     }
     sender = "<EMAIL_SENDER_ADDRESS>"
     server {
       protocol = "smtp"
       host =  "<SMTP_SERVER_HOST>"
       port = 25
       username = "XXX"      # optional
       password = "XXX"      # optional
     }
   }
​
    ...
 }
2.Restart StackState to apply the configuration changes.
3.You can manage the event handlers configured for a view in the StackState UI right panel View summary tab under Event handlers.
See also
​Manage Event Handlers​
​Event handler functions​

Configure topology synchronizations

Send topology data over HTTP

Last modified 3mo ago