# Automated Report Failing **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 20, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093 "2017-04-20T16:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![banderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@banderson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/banderson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093/1 "2017-04-20T16:56:54Z")
I configured a notification email elasticsearch: ``` xpack.notification.email: smtp_account: profile: standard smtp: host: momail.mo.gov user: bill.anderson@oa.mo.gov from: kibana@oa.mo.gov ``` Then I created a watch: ``` PUT _xpack/watcher/watch/ios_severity { "trigger": { "schedule": { "interval": "1h" } }, "actions": { "smtp_account": { "email": { "profile": "standard", "attachments": { "cisco_ios_severity_report.pdf": { "reporting": { "url": "https://10.241.52.8:5601/api/reporting/generate/visualization/4b8ab530-1f91-11e7-9d44-ef23cde92150?_g=()&_a=(filters:!(),linked:!f,query:(query_string:(analyze_wildcard:!t,query:%27severity:%22alert%22%27)),uiState:(vis:(params:(sort:(columnIndex:!n,direction:!n)))),vis:(aggs:!((enabled:!t,id:%271%27,params:(),schema:metric,type:count),(enabled:!t,id:%272%27,params:(customLabel:%27Syslog+Host%27,field:sysloghost.keyword,order:desc,orderBy:%271%27,size:25),schema:bucket,type:terms)),listeners:(),params:(perPage:10,showMeticsAtAllLevels:!f,showPartialRows:!f,showTotal:!f,sort:(columnIndex:!n,direction:!n),totalFunc:sum),title:%27Top+Alert+(1)+Hosts%27,type:table))", "retries": 10, "interval": "1s", "auth": { "basic": { "username": "elastic", "password": "changeme" } } } } }, "to": [ "bill.anderson@oa.mo.gov" ], "subject": "Cisco IOS Severity Report" } } } } ``` So far so good. When I execute the watch: `POST _xpack/watcher/watch/ios_severity/_execute` I get this with an error ``` { "_id": "ios_severity_f1244026-7607-4d9d-ba77-d7301d035ff2-2017-04-20T16:55:09.850Z", "watch_record": { "watch_id": "ios_severity", "state": "executed", "trigger_event": { "type": "manual", "triggered_time": "2017-04-20T16:55:09.850Z", "manual": { "schedule": { "scheduled_time": "2017-04-20T16:55:09.850Z" } } }, "input": { "none": {} }, "condition": { "always": {} }, "result": { "execution_time": "2017-04-20T16:55:09.850Z", "execution_duration": 8489, "input": { "type": "none", "status": "success", "payload": {} }, "condition": { "type": "always", "status": "success", "met": true }, "actions": [ { "id": "smtp_account", "type": "email", "status": "failure", "reason": "IllegalArgumentException[no account found for name: [null]]" } ] }, "messages": [] } } ``` I don't know why the account name is [null]. ---
**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093/2 "2017-04-20T18:50:56Z")
Did you configure a password field for your email account? In all the examples here I see a password field, but it's missing from your snippet (though perhaps you just left it out intentionally). [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/actions-email.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/actions-email.html) ---
**Author:** ![banderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@banderson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/banderson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093/3 "2017-04-20T19:09:33Z")
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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093/4 "2017-04-20T19:46:42Z")
Hey Bill, did you add the above account configuration to all of your nodes in the cluster? Also, can you add `"account": "smtp_account"` to your watch email action and see if this works? Thanks a lot! --Alex ---
**Author:** ![banderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@banderson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/banderson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093/5 "2017-04-20T20:37:40Z")
There is only one node in the cluster. I added the account and I am now getting a different error: ``` "_id": "ios_severity_cf0fa8c7-0805-4b08-9d9c-e51006b4d7f3-2017-04-20T20:34:22.341Z", "watch_record": { "watch_id": "ios_severity", "state": "not_executed_already_queued", "trigger_event": { "type": "manual", "triggered_time": "2017-04-20T20:34:22.341Z", "manual": { "schedule": { "scheduled_time": "2017-04-20T20:34:22.341Z" } } }, "messages": [ "Watch is already queued in thread pool" ] } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![banderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@banderson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/banderson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093/6 "2017-04-20T21:50:41Z")
I created a simpler watch: ``` PUT _xpack/watcher/watch/send_mail { "trigger": { "schedule": { "interval": "1h" } }, "actions": { "send_email" : { "email" : { "account": "smtp_account", "to" : "bill.anderson@oa.mo.gov", "subject" : "Watcher Notification", "body" : "error logs found" } } } } ``` And I get this error: ``` "actions": [ { "id": "send_email", "type": "email", "status": "failure", "reason": "IllegalArgumentException[no account found for name: [smtp_account]]" } ] ``` ---
**Author:** ![banderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@banderson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/banderson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093/7 "2017-04-20T21:59:47Z")
``` I found the error. Here is the correct pack.notification.email section in elasticsearch.yml xpack.notification.email: account: smtp_account: profile: standard smtp: host: momail.mo.gov user: bill.anderson@oa.mo.gov from: kibana@oa.mo.gov ``` The `account:` line between the `xpack.notification.email:` line and the `smtp_account:` line was missing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-report-failing/83093/8 "2017-05-18T22:07:18Z")
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