HAProxy Enterprise Documentation 1.6r2

Mailers

A mailers section lists message transfer agent (MTA) servers to which HAProxy Enterprise will forward error messages so that they can be distributed to email recipients. Emails are sent using the SMTP protocol.

Mailers configuration example

In the following example, we have defined a mailers section called smtp_servers that lists two mail servers where error messages will be sent. Each mailers keyword is followed by a label, such as smtp_servers, to differentiate it from others. The label can be used by frontend, backend, and listen sections.

The defaults section uses the email-alert mailers directive to define which mailers section will be used to send error messages to.

Messages go out to each mailer in the list. In a defaults or frontend section, configure:

  • the mailers section to use,

  • the from address and the to address,

  • the Syslog level of events to trigger the alert:

defaults
   mode http
   log global
   option httplog
   timeout connect 10s
   timeout client 1m
   timeout server 1m

mailers smtp_servers
   mailer smtp1 192.168.1.10:587
   mailer smtp2 192.168.1.11:587

defaults
   mode http
   log global
   option httplog
   timeout connect 10s
   timeout client 1m
   timeout server 1m

   # email settings
   email-alert mailers smtp_servers
   email-alert from alerts@mycompany.com
   email-alert to helpdesk@mycompany.com
   email-alert level info

The email-alert directive can be used in defaults, frontends, backends and listen sections. The detail of the error messages sent are defined by email-alert level <level> and the level can be any of the 8 syslog levels: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug.

See also

Alerts

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