Alerting

Alerts with GMail

thomashigginson
Path Finder

I am having trouble setting up an Alert to send to my gmail account. I understand that I can't just add my email to the alert list when it prompts me to, and I am having trouble adding it to the .conf file for the alert. Does anyone have a link to a step by step of setting up a gmail with splunk or can explain?

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rroberts
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

My alert__actions.conf has:

[email]  
auth____password = $1$BYVD6C83ppxa  
auth___username = [email protected]  
mailserver = smtp.gmail.com  
reportServerURL =   
use_tls = 1  

I simply filled out the form at : Settings -> System settings -> Email alert settings

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rroberts
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

My alert__actions.conf has:

[email]  
auth____password = $1$BYVD6C83ppxa  
auth___username = [email protected]  
mailserver = smtp.gmail.com  
reportServerURL =   
use_tls = 1  

I simply filled out the form at : Settings -> System settings -> Email alert settings

henerywatson
New Member

thanks for share this steps..

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