Setting Up Notifications

The Notification feature allows the admin to configure emails of success or failure of various jobs, and any issues with Infoworks DWA installation.

NOTE Email notifications require an SMTP server and an email account to send emails from.

NOTE To configure the notifications for Kubernetes based set-up, click here.

This section describes the steps to configure such notifications for VM based set-up.

• Open the platform-config.json file from the $IW_HOME/ platform/conf folder.
• Set the following configurations in the messaging-service section as required.

"email.fromAddress": "infoworks_user@infoworks.io",

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"email.fromName": "infoworks_user",

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"email.settings": 

{

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"smtpHost": "smtp.gmail.com",

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"smtpPort": 587,

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"smtpUsername": "postman@infoworks.io",

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"smtpPassword": "qCfcfcfOtJ9moLFp0XjMhsLuchjdbcq1NMSyr6yzlcXczTJA=",

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"ttlsEnabled": false,

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"sslEnabled": false,

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"sslPort": 465

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}

• Edit the smtpUsername and smtpHost parameters with required values. If the email address provided in the smtpUsername parameter is of a Gmail account, do not make any change to the smtpHost value.
• Edit the fromAddress and fromName parameters with required values (optional). The fromName will be shown as the sender name and the fromAddress as the original sender address. The sender address behaviour may vary based on the service provider.
• Provide the AES encrypted email password for the specified email address as the smtpPassword. If there is no password setup for the specified email id, provide the AES encrypted empty string.
• To encrypt the password, run the following command : $IW_HOME/apricot-meteor/infoworks_python/infoworks/bin/infoworks_security.sh -encrypt -p <yourpassword>

NOTE For Kubernetes instances, the infoworks_security.sh is available in the hangman pod.

• Restart services using the following commands:

$IW_HOME/bin/stop.sh platform

$IW_HOME/bin/start.sh platform

Managing Notifications

Clicking the bell icon near the *_Admin *_menu displays all the job notifications.