You can use the email notification service to send automatic
email notifications to notify you about the completion status of Baselines that
you run. To use this notification feature, you must first install
the notification service by running a Task. After
you have installed the service, you must configure it by running another Task.
Before you begin
The BES Server Plugin Service must be installed on the BigFix Server and the REST API master
operator credentials must be configured using Fixlet 1294 on BES Support.
About this task
To install and set up the notification service, you must
be subscribed to the BES Support site. The installation and setup Tasks are
available from the BES Support site. To help you ensure that you run Tasks in
the correct order, the installation and setup Tasks become
relevant in the order in which you need to run them. So each Task will
become relevant only when you need to run it.
Complete the
following steps to install and set up the notification service.
Procedure
- To install the notification service, from the Fixlets and Tasks node of
the navigation tree in BES Support, select one of the following Tasks, depending on whether you are installing the
notification service on Windows or
Linux:
- Task 2238 Install Latest Notification Service to install the notification
service on Microsoft Windows. When you run the
Task, target the BigFix Server and enter
the port number on which you want the notification service to listen. This Task downloads and installs the notification
service.
- Task 2241 Install Latest Notification Service (RHEL) to install the
notification service on Linux. When you
run the Task, target the BigFix Server and
enter the port number on which you want the notification service to listen. This Task downloads and installs the notification
service.
If the installation does not complete successfully, check to see if a Task has become relevant in the
Notification > Warnings folder. If there is a Task that is relevant in the
Warnings folder, run the relevant Task. After the Task has completed, run the installation Task again.
- Activate analysis 2243 Notification Service Details.
- Run Task 2240 Configure
Settings for Notification Service to configure the SMTP login
settings for the email notification service. Complete the form, as
follows, and then click Take Action:
- Notification Service Port: you can change the value here to update the
port number that the notification service listens on, as set in Task 2238 Install Latest Notification
Service or Task 2241
Install Latest Notification Service (RHEL).
- From Email Address: you can change the value here to update the default
From email address that is displayed in the From field of the
notification email and the email address as configured in Task 165 Send an Email
Notification, which is the Task
that you use to send the email notification.
- SMTP Method: select an SMTP method for the notification service, either
Plain or None. If you select
None, no SMTP authentication is used and the User name
and Password fields are disabled. If you select Plain,
you must authenticate with a user name and password is required.
- SMTP Host: enter the IP address, host name or fully qualified host name
of the SMTP server. This is a required field.
- SMTP Port: accept the default port number value of 25 or enter a
different value for the port number of the SMTP server. This is a required field.
- User name: enter the user name for the email account. This is a required
field if you selected Plain as the SMTP method.
- Password: enter the password for the email account. This is a required
field if you selected Plain as the SMTP method.
- Confirm Password: confirm the password that you entered in the previous
field. This is a required field if you selected Plain as the SMTP
method.
After you have completed this step, the notification service is set up and ready to use.
Results
The notification service is set up and configured according to your settings.
Note: To
uninstall the notification service, use Task 2239 Uninstall Notification Service to
uninstall from Microsoft Windows platforms or Task 2242 Uninstall Notification Service
(RHEL) to uninstall from Linux platforms.