Configure Collibra Console email settings

As for Collibra Platform, you can set email settings for Collibra Console to enable mails for Collibra Console user activation or password recovery links.

You have to configure the Collibra Console email settings via the Collibra Console user interface.

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Prerequisites

You have the SUPER role in Collibra Console.

Steps

  1. In the main menu, click Console settings.
  2. In the tab bar, click Configuration.
  3. In the middle column, click Mail configuration.
  4. Above the table, to the right, click Edit configuration.
  5. Enter the relevant data:

    SettingDescription
    UsernameThe username used to sign in to the SMTP server.

    Password

    The password used to sign in to the SMTP server.

    A password is not required.

    From address (*)

    The email address used as the sender of all outgoing emails.

    See Email configuration for Collibra Platform and Collibra Console to update this setting in cloud environments.

    Host (*)The URL or IP address of the SMTP server.
    Port (*)

    The port used to access the SMTP server.

    The default port is 25.

    Start TLS
    • True: The insecure connections to the SMTP server will be upgraded to a secure connection using SSL or TLS.
    • False: The connection to the SMTP server does not use SSL or TLS.
    Sending threads (Requires restart)The number of threads used to send emails.

    The default value is 1.

    Max retries (Requires restart)The number of retries for sending emails.

    The default value is 3.

  6. Click Save all.