Configuring mail server (SMTP) for alert notifications and Call Home use

Command syntax:

ap config --set smtp
  --mail_server_name "mail server hostname or IP address"
  --mail_server_port 25
  --sender_name "user name for email sender"
  --sender_address "valid email address for sender"

--set smtp option <value> [option <value> [option <value> ...]]

Sets SMTP details:

• If any of the options below is provided, all of the options from this list must be provided:

  --mail_server_name <server_name>

  Mail server name

  --mail_server_port <port>

  Mail server port

  --sender_name <sender_name>

  Sender signature to be displayed at the end of the notification email, for example: Yours, Adam

  --sender_address <email>

  Email address of the sender

• Other options where all of the options below must be provided if login_username or login_password is:

  --login_method <value>

  Login method to be used. The following values are supported:

  0 - no login
  1 - cram-md5
  2 - login
  3 - plain

  --login_username <username>

  User login.

  --login_password <password>

  User password. Note that the --login_password parameter might be provided without value. In such a case the user will be interactively prompted for password.

--smtp_encryption <smtp_encryption>

SMTP encryption method to be used. The following values are supported:

0 - no encryption
1 - STARTTLS
2 - SSL/TLS connection

--list smtp

Lists SMTP configuration.

Example:

ap config --set smtp --mail_server_name na.relay.ibm.com --mail_server_port 25 --sender_name gt03 --sender_address gt03@ibm.com

The configured SMTP settings can be queried with this command:

ap config --list smtp

The configured SMTP settings can be tested with the following command:

ap config --test smtp --value <email address or list>

and the following response is returned:

SMTP connectivity test: message successfully sent to <specified address(es)>