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Setup SMTP / Email Notifications

Available Settings:

You can configure email notifications via SMTP using the following environment variables

Name Type Default Description
SMTP_HOSTNAME string FQDN or IP of the Sending Mailserver
SMTP_RECIPIENTS string[] A comma-separated list of recipient adresses
SMTP_PORT number? 25 / 465 Uses default ports depending on SMTP_USETLS
SMTP_USERNAME string? No authentication is used if unset
SMTP_PASSWORD string? No authentication is used if unset
SMTP_USETLS boolean? false Uses a secure connection to the mailserver if set
SMTP_FROM string? dolce@<hostname> Supports mailbox format as specified in RFC 5322 (see Example)

Example

services:
  dolce:
    image: dangrie158/dolce:v3.2.0
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
    environment:
      SMTP_HOSTNAME: smtp.example.com
      SMTP_USETLS: 1
      # SMTP_PORT: 465 # (1)
      SMTP_RECIPIENTS: incidents@example.com,ondutyguy@gmail.com
      # SMTP_USERNAME: # (2)
      # SMTP_PASSWORD:
      SMTP_FROM: "Dolce Container Monitor <dolce@example.com>"
  1. set automatically because of SMTP_USETLS
  2. If unset wont authenticate to the mailserver

Setup GMail as your SMTP Server

If you don't have a SMTP Server handy that you can use to send your notifications, using the GMail SMTP server may be a handy alternative for small setups. For this you need to setup the service as follows:

SMTP_HOSTNAME: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP_RECIPIENTS: incidents@service.com
SMTP_USETLS: 1
SMTP_USERNAME: <youraccount>@gmail.com
SMTP_PASSWORD: <Your App Password>
SMTP_FROM: <youraccount>@service.com

Your can find a Tutorial here on how to get the <App Password>