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Creating an automated email task

Use the Edge Services portal to create tasks that automatically send emails to notify you of changes or updates to your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. Email automation is triggered by events such as an instance being updated or configurations being changed. 

You can execute your automated task as a single task or combine it as part of an operational or provisioning workflow.

Note: Library tab functionality is only available for AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Azure cloud providers.

To create an automated email task:

  1. Click Library, click Automation, then click Tasks.

    The Edge Services portal shows the tasks created for your organization.
Edge Services Manager Library automation tasks view
  1. Click +ADD.

    The Edge Services portal shows the New Task window.
Edge Service Manager add new email task window
  1. In the New Task window, complete the following fields: 
Field Description
NAME Type a unique name for the task.
CODE Type a unique identifier to be used by AWS automation.
TYPE Select Email. 
EMAIL ADDRESS Type either the email address of a specific recipient or use automation variables such as <%=instance.createdByEmail%>. Automation variables insert data directly into the email form.
SUBJECT Type either the subject to be used by all emails or use automation variables such as <%=container.hostname%>.
SOURCE
Select one of the following options: 
 
  • Local—Type or paste the email message directly into the Content field. 
  • Repository—Select this option when the code for the email message resides within a GitHub repository.
  • URL—Select this option when the code for the email message resides within a URL. 
CONTENT If Local is selected in the Source field, type the email message and includ automation variables. If other options are selected, this field is unavailable. 
SKIP WRAPPED EMAIL TEMPLATE  Select this option to ignore email templates and only use HTML in the Content field. 
EXECUTE TARGET Select Local. 
  1. Click SAVE CHANGES.

    The Edge Services portal creates the automated email task.

Next, you can execute a single automated task or combine tasks in operational or provisioning workflows.