Configuring Amazon SES Email in Phabricator

jvalencia 2015-07-10 16:21:34 UTC #1

Hi,

I have added the following values into config.json file located in the path ~/stack/apps/phabricator/htdocs/conf/local$ as the documentation states

metamta.mail-adapter:"PhabricatorMailImplementationAmazonSESAdapter"
amazon-ses.access-key:my key
amazon-ses.secret-key:my secret
metamta.default-address:jvalencia@genexususa.com

And i have the SES email verified in Amazon but Phabricator will not send emails still.

When i get into phabricator web, i still see the access key as null. Any help or direction will be welcomed

amazon-ses.access-key
Access key for Amazon SES.
Current Value: null
Locked
amazon-ses.secret-key
Secret key for Amazon SES.

edu_ 2015-07-13 10:44:16 UTC #2

Hi @jvalencia,

Did you restarted the services? If not, could you run this?

[installation_directory]/ctlscript.sh restart

Edu.

jvalencia 2015-07-13 14:50:24 UTC #3

The issue was not the restart but the fact that i was doing those changes in the wrong place. I did the change to the file local.json (Instead of the config.json) in ~/stack/apps/phabricator/htdocs/conf/local/ and that fixed the problem.

edu_ 2015-07-14 07:44:43 UTC #4

Hi @jvalencia,

I'm glad you managed to solve the problem and thanks for posting the solution!

Feel free to come back with any issue you may find

Edu.

arend.danielek 2017-03-21 18:08:47 UTC #5

I'm interested as I am having similiar if not the same issue. I usually do my configuration edite through /path/to/phabricator/htdocs/bin/config set command which in my case edits the "local.json" file in the htdoc/conf/local directory, I don't even have a "config.json" there. What is the difference and why one over the other? Is it just a naming convention that is screwing with stuff? I'm assuming they both have the same data and local.json seems to work for everything else. If you can shed any light it would be much appriciated.

jose 2017-03-23 14:22:47 UTC #6

Hi,

According to the Phabricator documentation:

Phabricator supports the following configuration sources, from highest priority to lowest priority:

Database: Values are stored in the database and edited from the web UI by administrators. They have the highest priority and override other settings.
Local: Values are stored in conf/local/config.json and edited by running bin/config.
Config Files: Values are stored in a config file in conf/. The file to use is selected by writing to conf/local/ENVIRONMENT, or setting the PHABRICATOR_ENV configuration variable. See below for more information.
Defaults: Defaults hard-coded in the Phabricator source, which can not be edited. They have the lowest priority, and all other settings override them.

So, you can change the value of the email properties through the Phabricator application ("Config -> PHPMailer" menu) or by running the command:

/opt/bitnami/apps/phabricator/htdocs/bin/config set property value

You can take a look at the configuring outbound email Phabricator documentation to find the exact properties you need to configure:

https://secure.phabricator.com/book/phabricator/article/configuring_outbound_email/

Also, we have a guide that may help you configuring Amazon SES:

https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/how-to/use-ses/

arend.danielek 2017-03-27 23:40:15 UTC #7

Ahh so the real thing here is the Phabricator documentation says to set these config values

metamta.mail-adapter: set to "PhabricatorMailImplementationAmazonSESAdapter".
amazon-ses.access-key: set to your Amazon SES access key.
amazon-ses.secret-key: set to your Amazon SES secret key.
amazon-ses.endpoint: Set to your Amazon SES endpoint.

which is what I was trying to use when I ask the question. Thanks for you note on configs, I had forgotten reading that when I got started with Phabrictor several months back. I ended up using a local sendmail module for linux as opposed to using and external SMTP service. We may switch eventually but it works for now.

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