Example - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Email Delivery Settings

You can configure Oracle Analytics Cloud to send emails from the SMTP mail server available with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

1. In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, configure Email Delivery.
   1. Sign-in to your Oracle Cloud account with permissions to configure Email Delivery.
   2. In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, click in the top left corner.
   3. Under Solutions and Platform, select Email Delivery.
      
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   4. On the Email Approved Senders page, set up an approved sender for the From email address that you want to use to send emails through the mail server.

      

      Refer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation for details. See Managing Approved Senders.

   5. Select Email Configuration, and make a note of the Server Name, Port, and that Transport Layer Security (TLS) is used on the connection.

      

      Refer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation for details. See Configure the SMTP connection.

   6. If you've not already done so, click Manage SMTP Credentials to generate SMTP credentials for a user with permissions to manage email.

      Enter a Description, such Oracle Analytics Cloud credentials, and click Generate SMTP Credentials.

      

      Copy the Username and Password for your records.

      

      Refer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation for details. See Generate SMTP credentials for a user.

2. In Oracle Analytics Cloud, configure mail server settings.
   1. Click Console.
   2. Click Mail Server.
   3. Configure SMTP settings for your mail server.

      Mail Server Property	Value
      SMTP Server	The name of your email server. For example, smtp.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com
      Port	587
      Display name of sender	The name you want to appear in the From field of your emails. For example, Oracle Analytics.
      Email address of sender	The email address of the approved sender you configured for email delivery. For example, [e-mail].
      Authenticated	Select the checkbox.
      Username	The username you recorded after generating SMTP credentials for the mail server. For example, ocid1.user.oc1.aaaaaaalgtwnjkell...
      Password	The password generated for this user.
      Connection Security	STARTTLS
      TLS Certificate	Default Certificate

   4. Click Save.
   Allow some time for your changes to refresh through your system and Email menu options to display.
3. To test your mail server settings, try to send a report by email or create an agent to deliver the report.
   See Send Email Reports Once, Weekly, or Daily or Create Agents to Deliver Content.

If you receive test emails delivered using the email account, you successfully configured your mail server.