DSpace/C2/Email-Configuration-for-DSpace-on-Windows-OS/English
Script : Email Configuration for DSpace on Windows
Author : Pankaj Patil
Keywords: DSpace Rebuild, DSpace Email Configuration, dspace.cfg, Rebuild script, DSpace gmail configuration,
| Visual Cue | Narration |
| Slide: Title | Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Email Configuration for DSpace on Windows OS. |
| Slide: Learning Objectives | In this tutorial, we will learn to
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| Slide: System requirements | This tutorial is recorded using
However you may use any other text editor or browser of your choice. |
| Slide: Pre-requisites | To practice this tutorial,
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| Slide: Pre-requisites |
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| Slide : Code files |
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| Switch to WordPad and open the file | I have opened the commands file in the WordPad on my machine.
And I will use the same file to copy-paste the commands during the demonstration. The shortcut to paste on the Command Prompt is Ctrl and V keys. |
| Slide: Necessity of Email Configuration | In DSpace we have to configure the email settings to send emails from DSpace. |
| Slide : Necessity of Email Configuration | DSpace sends emails to the users for various activities such as
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| Only Narration | Let us begin. |
| Browse C Drive >> dspace-6.3-src-release >> dspace >> config | In the file browser, go to C Drive.
Browse and navigate to the config folder in dspace-6.3-src-release as shown. |
| Open dspace.cfg with Wordpad | Open the configuration file dspace.cfg in WordPad editor. |
| Point to dspace.cfg in WordPad | dspace.cfg file is now open in WordPad. |
| Point to Email settings | Scroll down and locate the Email settings section. |
| Slide: SMTP Services | DSpace requires SMTP service to send and receive emails.
SMTP services like Gmail, SendinBlue, SendGrid, Pepipost, Amazon SES or Mandrill can be used. Additionally, custom SMTP services can also be set up and used as well. |
| mail.server = smtp.gmail.com | In this demonstration, I will configure a Gmail SMTP mail server.
So, first I’ll set the value for mail.server as smtp.gmail.com |
| mail.server.username =dspace.u1@gmail.com
mail.server.password =******** |
Next we have to give a valid gmail ID for mail.server.username.
I will use the admin’s mail id, which is dspace.u1@gmail.com You can also use the same email id which you gave as your admin mail id. The value for mail.server.password has to be the password of dspace.u1@gmail.com. The typed password will be visible to everyone. So I have blurred it for this demonstration. |
| Type # in front of the line
mail.server.port |
We will now use gmail’s SMTP port (SSL): 465, to connect to the SMTP server.
So, let us disable the default SMTP port which is 25. To do so, type # in front of the line mail.server.port. |
| Set from Address of the email recipients
mail.from.address = dspace.u1@gmail.com |
Now, give a valid email address for mail.from.address.
This email id will be considered as the from address for the recipients. Here I will type the value as dspace.u1@gmail.com |
| Set Feedback recipient email address
feedback.recipient=dspace.u1@gmail.com |
Please type a valid email address for feedback.recipient
If a user submits any feedback in DSpace, then their feedback will be sent to this email id. Here also I will type the value as dspace.u1@gmail.com |
| Set email address for mail admin
mail.admin=dspace.u1@gmail.com |
Next, we have to give a valid email address for mail.admin.
System notifications and administration emails will be sent to mail.admin address. I will type the value as dspace.u1@gmail.com here. |
| Mail.extraproperties >> remove # symbol | Next, we will configure the SMTP port (SSL): 465.
Scroll down and locate the line #mail.extraproperties. Remove # symbol at the beginning of mail.extraproperties. |
| Remove # symbol | Also, remove # symbol at the beginning of the next two consecutive lines, as shown. |
| Save and close file | Then, save and close the file. |
| Slide : Rebuild DSpace | Whenever we customize DSpace, it is necessary to rebuild DSpace.
Rebuild process involves
We will prepare a Batch file to rebuild DSpace, and use it whenever required. |
| Open Wordpad | So, Open Wordpad. |
| [Wordpad] type:
call cd C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\bin call Tomcat8.exe stop call cd C:\dspace-6.3-src-release call mvn -U clean package call cd C:\dspace-6.3-src-release\dspace\target\dspace-installer call ant fresh_install call cd C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\bin call Tomcat8.exe start |
And type the commands as shown.
We have used these commands in the earlier tutorial to build dspace. |
| Press Ctrl+S keys | Save the file by pressing Ctrl + S keys together.
A dialog box to save the file appears. |
| Select Desktop location to save file | On the left, select Desktop as a location to save the file. |
| Click on dropdown of Save as type -> Text Documents | Click on the Save as type dropdown of and select the type as Text Documents. |
| Enter File name
Rebuild-DSpace.bat |
In the File name field, type the name as Rebuild-DSpace.bat. |
| Narration only | .bat extension indicates that it is a batch file. |
| Click on Save button | Click on the Save button. |
| Point to Dialog box | A dialog box opens to confirm this save. |
| Click Yes button | Click on the Yes button. |
| Close Rebuild-DSpace.bat file | Close Rebuild-DSpace.bat file. |
| Narration only | Now let us rebuild DSpace using the Rebuild-DSpace.bat file. |
| Go to the Desktop
Right click on Rebuild-DSpace >> Run as Administrator |
Go to the Desktop and locate the file Rebuild-DSpace.
Then right-click on it and select Run as Administrator. |
| Click on yes | If prompted, click on the Yes button in the User Account Control dialog box. |
| Point to Command Prompt | The Command Prompt opens and the process of DSpace rebuild begins. |
| Point to BUILD SUCCESSFUL message | On successful completion, BUILD SUCCESSFUL message will appear on the Command Prompt. |
| Show closing of Command Prompt | After the rebuild process, the Command Prompt closes automatically. |
| Narration only | This means we have deployed DSpace email configuration on Tomcat server. |
| Narration only | Next we have to configure some settings in the Gmail account which we have used.
To access gmail through DSpace, less secure apps in gmail settings should be turned ON. |
| [browser] Login to gmail as Email: dspace.u1@gmail.com
Password: ********* |
To do so, login to the respective gmail account which we had typed in the Email settings of DSpace. |
| [browser] Type the url:
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps |
Then in the address bar type the URL as shown. |
| [browser] Turn the toggle on for Allow less secure apps | Turn ON the toggle button for Allow less secure apps. |
| Open new tab in the browser | Open a new tab in the browser. |
| [browser] Type https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha | Enter the URL as shown to configure google account’s access to DSpace. |
| Click the Continue button | Click the Continue button. |
| Close tab for Less secure app access and google account access tab | Close the tab for Less secure app access and google account access. |
| Only narration | We have now done the required configurations.
Next let us send a test mail. |
| Open the Command Prompt. | To do so, open the Command Prompt. |
| [Command Prompt] Type:
cd C:\dspace\bin |
Using cd command switch the present working directory to dspace bin. |
| [Command Prompt] type:
dspace test-email |
Then type this command to send a test email.
Test email will be sent to the mail id which was set in mail.admin in dspace.cfg file. |
| [Browser] Open the gmail account | Let us cross-verify this.
Switch to the browser where our mail account is logged in. Now check the Inbox for the new mail. |
| [Browser] Point to the DSpace test mail | Here is the DSpace test email.
We have successfully configured the mail configuration and also sent a test mail in DSpace. |
| Logout from gmail | Once done, sign out from the gmail account. |
| Close the command prompt | And close the command prompt. |
| Slide: Troubleshoot Email Errors | If you didn’t receive the email then check the following.
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| Only Narration | This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
Let us summarize. |
| Slide Summary | In this tutorial, we learnt to
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| Slide: Acknowledgement -I | Spoken Tutorial project is funded by Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. |
| Slide: Acknowledgement -II | DSpace spoken tutorial series is funded by the National Virtual Library of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. |
| Narration only | This script and video for this tutorial was contributed by Pankaj Patil from IIT Bombay.
This is Nancy Varkey signing off. Thanks for joining. |
