# Email and password field in /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-and-password-field-in-etc-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-yml/205023>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 24, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-and-password-field-in-etc-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-yml/205023 "2019-10-24T09:02:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![elktester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@elktester](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elktester)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-and-password-field-in-etc-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-yml/205023/1 "2019-10-24T09:02:23Z")

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Hello all;  
well, i'm new to elasticsearch, and i'm trying to configure elasticsearch to receive alerts, but I do not know what to put in the email and password field:

/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

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xpack.notification.email.account:  
gmail\_account:  
profile: gmail  
smtp:  
auth: true  
starttls.enable: true  
host: [smtp.gmail.com](http://smtp.gmail.com)  
port: 587  
**user: ????**  
**password: ????**

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-and-password-field-in-etc-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-yml/205023/2 "2019-10-24T09:56:59Z")

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Hi there

These are your gmail credentials. Everything is described in our [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.4/actions-email.html#gmail)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-and-password-field-in-etc-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-yml/205023/3 "2019-11-21T10:06:53Z")

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Closed on November 21, 2019, 10:06am UTC

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