Configure Email Alert Plug-in Settings for VMware Aria Operations for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation

Configure email notifications in VMware Aria Operations, so that users receive administrative alerts from VMware Aria Operations about certain situations in the data center.

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware Aria Operations interface at https://<aria_operations_fqdn> with a user assigned the Administrator role.

2. In the left pane, navigate to Configure > Alerts.

3. On the Alerts page, click Outbound settings.

4. On the Outbound settings tab, click Add.

5. In the Create New Outbound Instance page, configure these settings and enter your values from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

   Setting	Value
   Plug-in type	Standard Email Plugin
   Use secure connection	Selected
   Secure connection type	TLS

6. To verify the connection with the SMTP server, click Test and click OK.

7. In the Validate connection dialog, click OK.

8. Click Save.

PowerShell Procedure

1. Start PowerShell.

2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

   $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
   $sddcManagerUser = "[email protected]"
   $sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"
   
   $smtpServer = "smtp.rainpole.io"
   $smtpPort = "25"
   
   $senderAddress = "[email protected]"
   $smtpAuthUser = "[email protected]"
   $smtpAuthPass = "VMw@re1!"

3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

   Add-vROPSAlertPluginEmail -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -pluginName "Email-Alert-Plugin" -smtpServer $smtpServer -smtpPort $smtpPort -senderAddress $senderAddress -secureConnection true -protocol TLS -authentication true -authUser $authUser -authPass $authPass