Configure Email Notifications in 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.

Steps

1. Go to Settings > Server settings.

2. Select Notifications.

3. In the Email Server Settings section, specify values for the following settings.

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

4. Click Update Email Server Settings.

Your email notifications server settings is configured. To create an alert and set up an email notification action, go to the Create Alert dialog available from the chart actions on the Analysis Workspace.