'How can I config Open-edX Production Stack SMTP settings?

I recently just used Vagrant to install the Production Stack of the Open-edX online learning platform. I followed the blog address at this URL http://iambusychangingtheworld.blogspot.ca/2014/03/edx-platform-to-run-cms-at-port-80.html when it came to configuring the ports that the Open-edX platform listens on, and that worked out well. I would like to thank user Trinh Nguyen. However I would like to know more about configuring SMTP as well so that when users create accounts they receive their activation email. This could help anyone just starting Open-edX development including me. It would be good to know about what files need configuring and other important details. Thank you.

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Solution 1:[1]

You need next data:

  • EMAIL_HOST = "host"
  • EMAIL_PORT = 25 or 587
  • EMAIL_HOST_USER = "user"
  • EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "*******"
  • EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

Optionality you can change some configurations more:

  • API_ACCESS_FROM_EMAIL
  • API_ACCESS_MANAGER_EMAIL
  • BUGS_EMAIL
  • BULK_EMAIL_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
  • CONTACT_EMAIL
  • DEFAULT_FEEDBACK_EMAIL
  • DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
  • PAYMENT_SUPPORT_EMAIL
  • PRESS_EMAIL
  • SERVER_EMAIL
  • TECH_SUPPORT_EMAIL
  • UNIVERSITY_EMAIL

This are files tha you must change on your installation

  • sudo nano /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/cms/envs/common.py
  • sudo nano /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/lms/envs/aws.py
  • sudo nano /edx/app/edxapp/lms.env.json
  • sudo nano /edx/app/edxapp/cms.env.json
  • sudo nano /edx/app/edxapp/lms.auth.json
  • sudo nano /edx/app/edxapp/cms.auth.json

And finally you should run this script:

sudo /edx/bin/./supervisorctl restart all

Solution 2:[2]

Adding this answer for anyone using Juniper:

The parameters to edit are same but the relevant files are in different location now. You need to edit the following files:

/edx/etc/lms.yml

/edx/etc/studio.yml

Following are the values to edit:

EMAIL_HOST: smtp.gmail.com
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: YOUR_PASSWORD
EMAIL_HOST_USER: '[email protected]'
EMAIL_PORT: 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS: true

Then restart the following services:

sudo /edx/bin/supervisorctl restart lms
sudo /edx/bin/supervisorctl restart cms
sudo /edx/bin/supervisorctl restart edxapp_worker:

Note: The following files exist but editing them do NOT work anymore:

/edx/app/edxapp/lms.env.json
/edx/app/edxapp/cms.env.json

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Jorge Omar MH
Solution 2 Sandesh Yadav

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