Self-Hosted - email configs

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I have my server configured with the following:

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Yet I see nothing in the logs to make me think theres a failure.

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Can you provide links to documentation regarding this point? I can’t really evaluate Baserow if I cannot add users.

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@dsmith here are the docs: Add users to your Baserow workspace :slightly_smiling_face:

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I figured this out and made a whole post and video on it here:

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@olgatrykush I had read that documentation. If you cannot email (because the SMTP settings do not work) your new users from a self hosted instance then that page doesn’t help. I was specifically talking about documentation regarding self hosting and/or email. I will try to set the variables brought up by @OneClickProcess and see if I can send an email.

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Let me know how you go. I nearly gave up, but after a good night sleep, managed to get it working. Who is your email provider you are going to use to send emails?

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Hey @dsmith, @OneClickProcess,

It is possible to invite users to a workspace of a self-hosted instance, if there is no email server configured. It’s a bit of a gray area in my opinion, and the documentation might not be the best place to add this, because the documentation expects a Baserow instance to be fully configured, also with email server.

That said, you can follow the steps like @olgatrykush described. Here are some additional details:

  1. Invite the user the normal way by clicking on “Invite user” in the left sidebar, then fill out their email address. Because no email server is configured, they will not receive the invitation (as expected).
  2. That user must create a new account (or login if they already have an account) with exactly the same email address that was invited.
  3. On the workspace homepage, they will see the invitation can accept from there. Entirely without sending or receiving an email.

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Thanks, it does work! Glad it works, actually, haha!

I wonder what other features except invites rely on configuring own SMTP in Baserow? I guess some email notifications? Same thing in Automation?

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Glad to hear that it works!

There aren’t that many places that need an email service configured. The notifications are visible in the tool and if an email server is configured, you will also get an email. For automations, a separate SMTP must be provided when configuring the automation.

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Thanks, @bram!

I see, so, basically, the only things we need an email server configured are email notifications and email invites, correct?

Also, I would appreciate if you check my post — I’m self-hosting Baserow for my client, and have a few questions unanswered.