Configuring a mail server

TrueSight Server Automation jobs can generate an email upon their completion. To enable this capability, you must configure a mail server. If you do not want to use email notifications, this mail server configuration is not required. TrueSight Server Automation supports email communication over Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure (SMTPS). You must select SMTPS to use authentication. Authentication over SMTP IIRC is not supported.

Do the following:

1. Start the Application Server Administration console as described in Starting-the-Application-Server-Administration-console.
2. Run the following command to view the blasadmin parameters for configuring the mail settings:
   show email all

3. Configure the following blasadmin parameters:

   Parameter	Description	Command example
   fromaddress	Specify the email address to be used for sending the system-generated email.	set EmailConfig fromaddress test@gmail.com
   smtpserver	Specify the host name or IP address of the SMTP server. If you want to use a non-default port, specify that port along with the host name. For example, <host_name>:3465 To use the default ports (25 for the SMTP server and 465 for SMTPS), do not specify anything after the host name.	set EmailConfig smtpserver test123:3465
   techsupport	Displays the email address for technical support. Note: This parameter is a read-only parameter.	-
   useSecure New in 20.02.01	Set to true to enable email communication over SMTPS. Else, the email communication occurs via SMTP. Set the values of useSecure and useStartTLS parameters according to the communication method you want to use. Communication useSecure useStartTLS SMTPS true false SMTP + StartTLS false true SMTP false false	set EmailConfig useSecure true
   useStartTLS New in 21.02.01	Set to true to enable the use of StartTLS with SMTP when communicating with an SMTP server. Set the values of useSecure and useStartTLS parameters according to the communication method you want to use. Communication useStartTLS useSecure StartTLS true false SMTPS false true SMTP false false Note: Enable a secure TLS connection to your SMTP server to allow using the useStartTLS parameter.	set EmailConfig useStartTLS true
   username New in 20.02.01	Specify the user name for (required only for the SMTPS communication)	set EmailConfig username test_user
   password New in 20.02.01	Specify the password for the user (required only for the SMTPS communication)	set EmailConfig password testpassword

4. Restart the Application Server.
   
   

Importing the certificate of the SMTPS server

To prevent certificate-related warnings while accessing the SMTPS server, you must import the CA-signed certificate chain for the SMTPS server into TrueSight Server Automation.

Do the following:

1. Obtain the SMTPS server certificate.
2. Log in to the system where TrueSight Server Automation is installed.
   
   • (Windows) Log in as an administrator.
   • (Linux) Log in as a root user.
3. Navigate to the path where the keytool is located.

4. Run the following command to import the certificate:
   (Windows)

   <path_to_keytool>\keytool -import -trustcacerts -keystore <BladeLogic_install_path>\NSH\jre\lib\security\cacerts" 
   -storepass <password> -noprompt -alias <cert_name> -file <certificate_from_email_Server>.crt

   (Linux)

   <path_to_keytool>/keytool -import -trustcacerts -keystore <BladeLogic_install_path>/NSH/br/java/lib/security/cacerts"
   -storepass <password> -noprompt -alias <cert_name> -file <certificate_from_email_Server>.crt
5. Similarly, import the other certificates from the certificate chain.