Commit d154cad3 authored by Chance Zibolski's avatar Chance Zibolski

Documentation: Add how to setup email configuration

parent b1e146b7
# Configuring Sending Emails
Dex sends emails to a during the registration process to verify an email
address belongs to the person signing up. Currently Dex supports two ways of
sending emails, and has a third option for use during development.
Configuration of the email provider in Dex is provided through a JSON file. All
email providers have a `type` and `id` field as well as some additional provider
specific fields.
## SMTP
If using SMTP the `type` field **must** be set to `smtp`. Additionally both
`host` and `port` are required. If you wish to use SMTP plain auth, then
set `auth` to `plain` and specify your username and password.
```
{
"type": "smtp",
"host": "smtp.example.org",
"port": 587,
"auth": "plain",
"username": "postmaster@example.org",
"password": "foo"
}
```
## Mailgun
If using Mailgun the `type` field **must** be set to `mailgun`. Additionally
`privateAPIKey`, `publicAPIKey`, and `domain` are required.
```
{
"type": "mailgun",
"privateAPIKey": "key-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"publicAPIKey": "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY",
"domain": "sandboxZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.mailgun.org"
}
```
## Dev
The fake emailer should only be used in development. The fake emailer
prints emails to `stdout` rather than sending any email. If using the fake
emailer the `type` field **must** be set to `fake`.
```
{
"type": "fake"
}
```
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# Start the dex-worker
Now start the worker:
Before starting `dex-worker` you should determine how you want verification emails to be delivered to the user.
If you just want to test dex out, you can just use the provided sample config in `static/fixtures/emailer.json.sample`.
Please review [email-configuration](https://github.com/coreos/dex/blob/master/Documentation/email-configuration.md) for details
(make sure you point `--email-cfg` to your newly configured file).
Once you have setup your email config run `dex-worker`:
`./bin/dex-worker --db-url=$DEX_DB_URL --key-secrets=$DEX_KEY_SECRET --email-cfg=static/fixtures/emailer.json.sample --log-debug=true &`
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