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Amandeep_Singh's avatar
Amandeep_Singh
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Feb 01, 2021

How to configure SMTP settings on F5 15.x for sending out email notifications?

How can we set up the SMTP on f5 running 15.x software version?

 

I have the following config in place:

 

(tmos)# list sys outbound-smtp

sys outbound-smtp {

  from-line-override disabled

  mailhub smtp.gmail.com:587

  rewrite-domain bigip1.f5lab.com

}

 

I have also modified the user_alert.conf file and added many scripts for sending an email for pool members going down/SSL cert expiration etc. But nothing is working.

  

Thanks in advance!

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  • Dario_Garrido's avatar
    Dario_Garrido
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    Feb 01, 2021

    Hello Amandeep.

     

    outbound-smtp section is still pending to support Authentication and TLS.

    https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K87630102

     

    To workaround this, you can still use the configuration file /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf, but take into account that this config will be removed after every reboot.

    https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13180

     

    Regards,

    Dario.

    • Stefan_Klotz's avatar
      Stefan_Klotz
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      Dec 22, 2022

      Regarding reboot- and software update safe, is the standard tmsh configuration for outbound-smtp persistend?

      Thank you!

      Regards Stefan 🙂