How do you get email notification to actually work?

[bwestrup777]

I've seen a lot of discussion in the forums regarding getting email notifications setup, however, none actually have any meat... So: What are the steps to get Proxmox to send an email notification? (Yes, I filled in my email address in the email field when I setup my backup and no, it doesn't work.)

Thanks!

 

[dietmar]

Proxmox uses Postfix as MTA. See http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html for detailed information.

 

[lp86]

The most common problems I see are:
1) No reverse DNS on the IP the server is using.
2) Invalid hostname (proxmox.localdomain) Add "myhostname = proxmox.mydomain.com" to /etc/mail/main.cf
3) No valid DNS setup for proxmox hostname (proxmox.mydomain.com A 1.2.3.4)

 

[bwestrup777]

Proxmox uses Postfix as MTA. See http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html for detailed information.

Thanks, but what I was actually looking for is an example of how to make this work. Just a minimal config to get email off of the server and out to somewhere useful.

 

[dietmar]

Thanks, but what I was actually looking for is an example of how to make this work. Just a minimal config to get email off of the server and out to somewhere useful.

Well, what you are locking for is the default configuration in /etc/postfix/main.cf

Also, you can try the following to configure postfix:

# dpkg-reconfigure postfix

 

[bwestrup777]

Re: How do you get email notification to actually work? [SOLVED]

I've seen a lot of discussion in the forums regarding getting email notifications setup, however, none actually have any meat... So: What are the steps to get Proxmox to send an email notification? (Yes, I filled in my email address in the email field when I setup my backup and no, it doesn't work.)

Thanks!

Got it working! After a rebooting the server, email notifications from the server started arriving in my inbox. This did not require any configuring of Postfix, just a reboot.

 

[Nhoague]

Re: How do you get email notification to actually work? [SOLVED]

Sorry to bump this thread ... but is there something else to get email notifications? I have run dpkg-reconfigure, I can send mail direct from cli (on all 3 nodes), but not receiving any messages from the nodes in the cluster. Also, I am "assuming" that email notifications come from the cluster when / if a HA takeover is in progress? I also have fencing setup and HA works great. This is the last piece to my full Proxmox setup! I do plan on purchasing support / donating, just fyi.

Thank you so much!