# 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:

<table id="bkmrk-%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fetc%2Ffilew"><tbody><tr><td>/usr/local/etc/filewave/grafana/conf/filewave.ini

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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`.

```shell
[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](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/configuration/#smtp).

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

<table id="bkmrk-sudo-fwcontrol-serve"><tbody><tr><td>sudo fwcontrol server restart

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