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Configure Email (e.g. AWS SES)

These instructions will allow you to Configure Email (e.g. AWS SES).

Prerequisite: Start with an email address you can send email from in SES. Either an approved domain (e.g. test.com) or an approved individual email address (e.g. no-reply@test.com).

  1. Confirm that your email address settings in lms.yml and studio.yml match the email addresses you are allowed to send emails from. Especially check BULK_EMAIL_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL and DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL.

  2. Note down the following details from your email service (e.g. AWS SES)

    1. Server Name (e.g. email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com)
    2. Port (e.g. 25, 465, 587)
    3. Use TLS? (e.g. Yes)

  3. Generate an SMTP username and password. Save them in a secure place.

    1. SMTP Username (e.g. AKIASCBVU66XRMZOQCUQ)
    2. SMTP Password (e.g. BJNzVJfAnY7aLu8VOW4u)

  4. Configure the following fields in lms.yml and studio.yml

    1. EMAIL_BACKEND: django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
    2. EMAIL_HOST: ‘Server Name’ from above
    3. EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: ‘SMTP Password’ from above
    4. EMAIL_HOST_USER: ‘SMTP Username’ from above
    5. EMAIL_PORT: One of the ‘Ports’ from above (often 587)
    6. EMAIL_USE_TLS: True if ‘Use TLS’ is yes from above

  5. Restart the edx service by issuing the following command:

    sudo /edx/bin/supervisorctl restart all

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