Add SMTP Collaboration Provider

Add your SMTP server as a Harness Collaboration Provider, to use email for deployment notifications, approvals, and tracking. In this topic:

• Before You Begin
• Limitations
• Step 1: Add Collaboration Provider
• Step 2: Type
• Step 3: Display Name
• Step 4: Host
• Step 5: Port
• Step 6: SSL
• Step 7: Start TLS
• Step 8: From Address
• Step 9: Username
• Step 10: Password
• Step 11: Usage Scope
• Step 12: Test and Save
• Next Steps

Before You Begin

• Add Collaboration Providers

Limitations

Configuring your SMTP server is required only if you are using Harness On-Prem, or if you wish to use your own SMTP server instead of the Harness SaaS default SMTP option.

Step 1: Add Collaboration Provider

Start adding a Collaboration Provider to Harness as follows:

1. Click Setup.
2. Click Connectors.
3. Click Collaboration Providers.
4. Click Add Collaboration Provider. This opens the default Collaboration Provider settings, which you will configure in the following steps.

Step 2: Type

In Type select SMTP. The SMTP settings appear.

Step 3: Display Name

In Display Name, enter a unique name for this Collaboration Provider.

Step 4: Host

In Host, enter the SMTP server's URL.

Step 5: Port

Enter the port number on which the SMTP server is listening (typically, 25).

Step 6: SSL

Select this option for secure connections (SSL/TLS).

Step 7: Start TLS

Select this option to enable SMTP over TLS, or when the connection is upgraded to SSL/TLS using STARTTLS.

Step 8: From Address

Enter the email address from which Harness will send emails.

Step 9: Username

Enter the username for the email account.

Step 10: Password

In Select Encrypted Password, select or create a new Harness Encrypted Text secret for the email account password.

Step 11: Usage Scope

Usage scope is inherited from the secret you entered in Select Encrypted Password.

Step 12: Test and Save

1. Click Test to check your configuration.
2. When the test is successful, click Submit to save your SMTP Collaboration Provider.

Next Steps

• For details about Harness email notifications, see User Notifications and Alert Settings.