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mail – Sends failure events via email¶

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Requirements
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Synopsis ¶

This callback will report failures via email

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.

whitelisting in configuration

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
bcc -		ini entries: [callback_mail] bcc = VALUE	BCC'd recipient
cc -		ini entries: [callback_mail] cc = VALUE	CC'd recipient
mta -	Default: "localhost"	ini entries: [callback_mail] smtphost = localhost env:SMTPHOST	Mail Transfer Agent, server that accepts SMTP
mtaport -	Default: 25	ini entries: [callback_mail] smtpport = 25	Mail Transfer Agent Port, port at which server SMTP
sender -		ini entries: [callback_mail] sender = VALUE	Mail sender
to -	Default: "root"	ini entries: [callback_mail] to = root	Mail recipient

Status ¶

This callback is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This callback is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors¶

Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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