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Version: 2.x (Latest)

Email

SMTP Configuration​

Authorizer can be configured to send emails as part of the authentication flow. For example, to verify a user's email address, to send a user a magic link for password less login, or to allow a user to reset their password.

Authorizer should work with any SMTP compliant email server. Please refer to the Server Configuration documentation for the flags required to configure SMTP host, port and authentication.

Using Sendgrid​

Sendgrid is configured using an API Key, rather than traditional username/password login. To use Sendgrid you must:

  1. Create a Sendgrid account and login
  2. Create an API Key for your application under Settings > API Keys within the Sendgrid console
  3. Ensure that you are using a verified sender email under Settings > Sender Authentication within the Sendgrid console. Sendgrid will reject email sent From: unverified email addresses.
  4. Set the relevant Authorizer configuration flags. You can set them via CLI flags:
--smtp-host=smtp.sendgrid.net
--smtp-password=<Sendgrid API Key>
--smtp-port=587
--smtp-username=apikey
--smtp-sender-email=<Sendgrid verified email>

Note: the --smtp-username flag must be set to the literal string apikey not your API key value.