4.1 Grafana Email Configuration

What

Use this process to configure email in Grafana so alert notifications can be sent by email.

When/Why

Configure email before you create or test alert notifications.

How

Edit the Grafana configuration file on the FileWave Server:

Add or update the [smtp] section with your mail server details. Set enabled = true so Grafana can actually send mail. If your mail relay requires client certificate authentication, you can also set cert_file and key_file.

[smtp]
enabled = true
host = smtp.example.com:587
user = smtp-user
# If the password contains # or ; wrap it in triple quotes, for example """#password;"""
password = """smtp-password"""
cert_file =
key_file =
skip_verify = false
from_address = alerts@example.com
from_name = FileWave Grafana
ehlo_identity =

Leave the existing FileWave-specific settings in place, and only change the SMTP values you need. If your relay does not use client certificates, leave cert_file and key_file empty.

For the full list of available SMTP options, see Grafana's configuration documentation.

After saving the file, restart the FileWave Server so Grafana reloads the configuration:

Then open Grafana, go to the Alerting section, choose Contact points, create or edit an Email contact point, and send a test notification.