Configure email notification server settings for Splunk App for Infrastructure

When an alert triggers, you can send an email notification to specified recipients with information about the alert.

Before you can send an email notification, you must first configure the server settings for your Splunk implementation. After the email notification server settings are configured, you can set up an email notification action from the Create Alert dialog, available from the chart actions on the Analysis Workspace.

Steps

1. Go to Settings > Server settings.
2. Under Email Server Settings, specify values for the following settings.
   

   Setting	Definition
   Mail host	The default value is localhost.
   Email security	Select one of the available options.
   Username	Optional. Required for SMTP server authentication.
   Password	Optional. Required for SMTP server authentication.
   Confirm Password	Optional. Confirm your password for SMTP server authentication.

3. Click Update Email Server Settings.