Configure SMTP and Email Sender

Edge Xpert uses Gmail SMTP by default.

If you wish to use another SMTP Server, update the SMTP settings on Consul.

http://localhost:8500/ui/dc1/kv/edgex/core/2.0/support-notifications/SMTP

edgexpert restart support-notifications

Store username/password as insecure secrets

1. Start Edge Xpert Notifications service with Consul

   edgexpert up consul support-notifications
   

2. Open a browser and go to Consul's GUI on http://localhost:8500/ui
3. Navigate to the Writeable.InsecureSecrets.SMTP.Secrets page for Alerts and Notifications. This can be found at

   http://localhost:8500/ui/dc1/kv/edgex/core/2.0/support-notifications/Writable/InsecureSecrets/SMTP/Secrets/
   

4. Set an email account (sender) to the username and the password (or the app password) to the password
   • Generate Gmail App Passwords

Store username/password as secrets

1. Start Edge Xpert Notifications service with security services

   edgexpert up --secret support-notifications
   

2. Add secrets using REST, replace {EmailAccount} and {AppPassword} with your email and app password

curl -X POST \
http://localhost:59860/api/v2/secret \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "apiVersion" : "v2",
  "path" : "smtp",  
  "secretData" : [   
    {
      "key" : "username",   
      "value" : "{EmailAccount}"
    },
    {
      "key": "password", 
      "value": "{AppPassword}"
    }
  ]
}' 

{"apiVersion":"v2","statusCode":201}