Email configurations

Use this page to manage email configurations on the CloudBees CD/RO server. You must create at least one email configuration before you are able to send email notifications to individuals or groups.

If you have multiple users or groups in remote locations that use a different mail server, create additional email configurations to accommodate those locations if they need to receive CloudBees CD/RO notifications.

Before creating email configurations, make sure your CloudBees CD/RO server settings related to email notification are set appropriately.

Creating email configurations

Enter information into the fields as follows:

Field Name Description

Field Name	Description
Name	Unique name to identify the email configuration
Description	(Optional) Plain text or HTML description for this object. If using HTML, you must surround your text with `<html> … </html>` tags. Allowable HTML tags are `<a>`, `<b>`, `<br>`, `<div>`, `<dl>`, `<font>`, `<i>`, `<li>`, `<ol>`, `<p>`, `<pre>`, `<span>`, `<style>`, `<table>`, `<tc>`, `<td>`, `<th>`, `<tr>`, and `<ul>`. For example, the following HTML: <p> <span style="font-family: Arial;"> <i>Note:</i> For more information about the <b>abc</b> object, see <a href="https://www.google.com/">\https://www.google.com</a>. </span> </p> renders as follows: `<i>Note</i>: For more information about the <b>abc</b> object, see \https://www.google.com.` ▼
Mail Protocol	Specify either `SMTPS` or `SMTP`
Mail Host	Mail server name
Mail Port	(Optional) Port number for the mail server. For Google gmail configurations use `port` 587 for SMTP and port `465` for SMTPS. If not specified, `25` for SMTP and `465` for SMTPS are used.
Mail From	Email address used as the email sender address for CloudBees CD/RO notifications. This must be a fully-qualified email address (meaning that it must be of the form `<name>@<domain>` )
Mail Username	Individual name or a generic name such as `qa-test`
Mail Password	Password for the mail user name

Name

Unique name to identify the email configuration

Description

(Optional) Plain text or HTML description for this object. If using HTML, you must surround your text with <html> … </html> tags. Allowable HTML tags are <a>, <b>, <br>, <div>, <dl>, <font>, <i>, <li>, <ol>, <p>, <pre>, <span>, <style>, <table>, <tc>, <td>, <th>, <tr>, and <ul>.

For example, the following HTML:

<p>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">
  <i>Note:</i> For more information about the <b>abc</b> object, see
         <a href="https://www.google.com/">\https://www.google.com</a>.
</span>
</p>

renders as follows:

<i>Note</i>: For more information about the <b>abc</b> object, see \https://www.google.com.▼

Mail Protocol

Specify either SMTPS or SMTP

Mail Host

Mail server name

Mail Port

(Optional) Port number for the mail server. For Google gmail configurations use port 587 for SMTP and port 465 for SMTPS.

If not specified, 25 for SMTP and 465 for SMTPS are used.

Mail From

Email address used as the email sender address for CloudBees CD/RO notifications. This must be a fully-qualified email address (meaning that it must be of the form <name>@<domain> )

Mail Username

Individual name or a generic name such as qa-test

Mail Password

Password for the mail user name

Select Save after filling in all fields.
Select Test to make sure your email configuration works:

Enter a destination email address into the Email Configuration Test popup that appears and click Send.

Editing configurations

Use the Access Control link at the top of the page to add or change permissions. You can modify any information or add new information. Click OK after completing your edits.

CloudBees CD/RO server settings

Before creating email configurations, make sure your CloudBees CD/RO server settings related to email notification are set appropriately.

Navigate to the Edit Server Settings page: from the CloudBees CD/RO main menu, select Server from the Administration column, and then select Settings on the Server page.

Review and set these settings:

Field Name Description

Field Name	Description
Date and time format for email notifications	Format to use for rendering date and time in email notifications.
Protocols for SSL connections to the SMTP server	Whitespace-separated list of protocols that are enabled for SSL connections to the SMTP server. Used to set the `mail.smtp.ssl.protocols` system property. Defaults to 'TLSv1.2'.
Set the 'From' header when sending email notifications	If true, set the `From` header in the email message. Defaults to true.

Date and time format for email notifications

Format to use for rendering date and time in email notifications.

Protocols for SSL connections to the SMTP server

Whitespace-separated list of protocols that are enabled for SSL connections to the SMTP server. Used to set the mail.smtp.ssl.protocols system property. Defaults to 'TLSv1.2'.

Set the 'From' header when sending email notifications

If true, set the From header in the email message. Defaults to true.

Click OK to save the settings.