Configuring the SMTP server

Define the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server that the Process Server runtime environment should use to send email notifications. After a new installation, you must manually configure the SMTP server to enable mail notifications.

Before you begin

Ensure the 100Custom.xml exists in the directory PROFILE_HOME\config\cells\cell_name\nodes\node_name\servers\server_name\process-server\config. If not, create the file. See Managing IBM Business Process Manager configuration settings with the 100Custom.xml file.

About this task

This topic provides the steps that are necessary to change the SMTP server settings to point to the right SMTP server. The default SMTP server settings are:

<server merge="mergeChildren">    	    	
								
        <!-- email properties -->
        <email>
            <!-- SMTP server that mail should be sent to -->
            <smtp-server>smtp.yourcompany.com</smtp-server>
            
        </email>

Procedure

Stop the server or servers.

For a network deployment environment:

Process Server and Process Center clusters:

DMGR-profile-root\config\cells\cell-name\clusters\ClusterName\process-center\config\100Custom.xml

Process Server and Process Center cluster members:

DMGR-profile-root\config\cells\cell-name\nodes\node-name\servers\serverName\process-center\config\100Custom.xml

For a standalone environment:

profile-root\config\cells\cell-name\nodes\node-name\servers\serverName\process-center\config\100Custom.xml

Add the following to the 100Custom.xml file:

<properties>
		<server merge="mergeChildren">    	    	

			<!-- email properties -->
			<email merge="mergeChildren">
				<!-- SMTP server that mail should be sent to -->
				<smtp-server merge="replace">SMTP.YOURCOMPANY.COM</smtp-server>
			</email>
		 </server>
	</properties>

Where SMTP.YOURCOMPANY.COM is the name of the actual SMTP server.

Save your changes and restart the server(s).