Connecting to an SMTP server

KUMA can be configured to send email notifications using an SMTP server. Users receive notifications if the Receive email notifications check box is selected in their profile settings.

Only one SMTP server can be added to process KUMA notifications. An SMTP server connection is managed in the KUMA console under Settings → General → SMTP server settings.

To configure SMTP server connection:

1. Open the KUMA console and select the Settings → General section.
2. In the SMTP server settings block, change the relevant settings:
   • Disabled—select this check box if you want to disable connection to the SMTP server.
   • Host (required)—SMTP host in one of the following formats: hostname, IPv4, IPv6.
   • Port (required)—SMTP port. The value must be an integer from 1 to 65,535.
   • From (required)—email address of the message sender. For example, kuma@company.com.
   • Alias for KUMA Core server—name of the KUMA Core server that is used in your network. Must be different from the FQDN.
   • If necessary, use the Secret drop-down list to select a secret of the credentials type that contains the account credentials for connecting to the SMTP server.

     Add secret

     1. If you previously created a secret, select it from the Secret drop-down list.

        If no secret was previously added, the drop-down list shows No data.

     2. If you want to add a new secret, click the button on the right of the Secret list.

        The Secret window opens.

     3. In the Name field, enter the name that will be used to display the secret in the list of available secrets.
     4. In the User and Password fields, enter the credentials of the user account that the Agent will use to connect to the connector.
     5. If necessary, add any other information about the secret in the Description field.
     6. Click the Save button.

     The secret will be added and displayed in the Secret list.

   • Select the necessary frequency of notifications in the Monitoring notifications interval drop-down list.

     Notifications from the source about a monitoring policy triggering are repeated after the selected period until the status of the source becomes green again.

     If the Notify once setting is selected, you receive a notification about monitoring policy activation only once.

   • Turn on the Disable monitoring notifications toggle button if you do not want to receive notifications about the state of event sources. The toggle switch is turned off by default.
3. Click Save.

The SMTP server connection is now configured, and users can receive email messages from KUMA.