Configuring Alert Email Delivery

Minimum Required Role: Full Administrator

Sending A Test Alert E-mail

Select the Administration > Alerts tab and click the Send Test Alert link.

Configuring the List Of Alert Recipient Email Addresses

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select the Administration > Alerts tab and click the to the right of Recipient(s).
      1. Do one of the following:
        • Select Clusters > Cloudera Management Service > Cloudera Management Service.
        • On the Status tab of the Home page, in Cloudera Management Service table, click the Cloudera Management Service link.
      2. Click the Configuration tab.
      3. Select the Alert Publisher Default Group role group.
  2. Configure the Alerts: Mail Message Recipients property.
  3. Click the Save Changes button at the top of the page to save your settings.
  4. Restart the Alert Publisher role.

Configuring Alert Email Properties

  1. Display the Cloudera Management Service status page.
  2. Click the Configuration tab.
  3. Select the Alert Publisher Default Group role group to see the list of properties. To receive email alerts, you must set (or verify) the following settings:
    • Enable email alerts
    • Email protocol to use.
    • Your mail server hostname and port.
    • The username and password of the email user that will be logged into the mail server as the "sender" of the alert emails.
    • A comma-separated list of email addresses that will be the recipients of alert emails.
    • The format of the email alert message. Select json if you need the message to be parsed by a script or program.
  4. Click the Save Changes button at the top of the page to save your settings.
  5. Restart the Alert Publisher role.