# Failed to configure email alerts with gmail **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\ **Created:** [May 9, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-configure-email-alerts-with-gmail/180316 "2019-05-09T08:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leon\_Voerman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leon_voerman/32/45566_2.png) [@Leon\_Voerman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leon_Voerman)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-configure-email-alerts-with-gmail/180316/1 "2019-05-09T08:52:09Z")
Error I get: ``` [2019-05-09T08:45:12,470][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,470][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [analysis-common] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,470][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [ingest-common] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,482][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [ingest-geoip] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,482][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [ingest-user-agent] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,482][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [lang-expression] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,483][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [lang-mustache] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,483][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [lang-painless] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,483][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [mapper-extras] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,483][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [parent-join] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,484][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [percolator] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,486][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [rank-eval] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,486][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [reindex] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,486][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [repository-url] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,546][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [transport-netty4] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,550][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-ccr] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,550][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-core] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,551][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-deprecation] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,551][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-graph] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,551][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-ilm] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,552][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-logstash] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,554][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-ml] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,554][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-monitoring] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,554][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-rollup] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,555][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-security] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,555][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-sql] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,558][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] loaded module [x-pack-watcher] [2019-05-09T08:45:12,566][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [app] no plugins loaded [2019-05-09T08:45:18,859][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [app] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [xpack.notification.email.account.gmail_account.smtp.password] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings ``` elasticsearch.yml: xpack.notification.email.account: gmail\_account: profile: gmail email\_defaults: from: 'alerts [mail@gmail.com](mailto:mail@gmail.com)' smtp: auth: true starttls.enable: true host: [smtp.gmail.com](http://smtp.gmail.com) port: 587 user: mail password: pwd Am i Missing something? Somehow it just won't load the plugin and/or setting. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-configure-email-alerts-with-gmail/180316/2 "2019-05-09T10:03:07Z")
Hey, which version are running under? If this is 7.0, then use the keystore to configure the password ```auto bin/elasticsearch-keystore add xpack.notification.email.account.gmail_account.smtp.secure_password ``` See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/7.0/actions-email.html#gmail](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/7.0/actions-email.html#gmail) ---
**Author:** ![Leon\_Voerman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leon_voerman/32/45566_2.png) [@Leon\_Voerman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leon_Voerman)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-configure-email-alerts-with-gmail/180316/3 "2019-05-09T14:21:33Z")
Worked. Thanks bud. You're a life saver. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-configure-email-alerts-with-gmail/180316/4 "2019-06-06T14:21:52Z")
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