IBM®
QRadar® uses an
email server to distribute alerts, reports, notifications, and event messages.
About this task
You can configure an email server for your entire QRadar deployment, or multiple
email servers.
Important: QRadar only supports encryption for the email server using STARTTLS.
Important: If you configure the mail server setting for a host as
localhost, then the mail messages don't leave that host.
Procedure
- On the Admin tab, click Email Server
Management.
- Click Add, and configure the parameters for your email
server.
- Click Save.
Tip: Keep the
TLS option set to
On to send
encrypted email. Sending encrypted email requires an external TLS certificate. For more information,
see
Importing external TLS certificates.
- To edit the port for an email server, click the Other Settings
(
) icon for the server, enter the port number in the Port
field, and then click Save.
- To delete an email server, click the Other Settings icon for the
server, and then click Delete.
- After you configure an email server, you can assign it to one or more hosts.
- On the System and License Management page, select a
host.
- Change the Display list to show
Systems.
- Click .
- On the Email Server tab, select an email server and click
Save.
- Test the connection to the email server by clicking the Test
Connection button.
- Click Save.