E-Mail setup

PufferPanel has built-in e-mail support. This guide will show you how to set it up.

Prerequisites

• An SMTP e-mail server or a mailgun API key

Setup

In this guide, we will be using GMail as our e-mail server, but any will work. You can also use mailgun, which will only require an API key.

Open the config file located at /etc/pufferpanel/config.json using your favorite text editor. It is recommended to use a tool such as https://jsonlint.com/ to make sure the syntax is correct.

sudo nano /etc/pufferpanel/config.json

Under “panel”, add an email section. It should look like this: (dont include comments)

{
  "panel": {
    "email": {
      "provider": "smtp",
      "from": "someone@gmail.com",
      "host": "smtp.gmail.com:587",
      "username": "someone@gmail.com",
      "password": "*******",
      "provider": "mailgun",
      "key": "your_api_key",
      "domain": "your_api_key"
    }
  }
}

Now, adjust the config options to your needs.

provider

debug, SMTP, mailgun or mailjet.

key

mailgun: API key mailjet: Public API Key

from

SMTP: the e-mail address the messages will be sent from

host

SMTP: the IP address or domain name of the mail server, followed by the port

username

SMTP: the username to use when authenticating with the mail server

password

SMTP: the password to use when authenticating with the mail server

domain

mailjet: Private API Key

Once you’ve set it up, restart PufferPanel.

sudo systemctl restart pufferpanel

Congratulations! You’ve successfully set up e-mails with PufferPanel.