# Gmail watcher , exception during elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gmail-watcher-exception-during-elastic-search/179730>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [May 6, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gmail-watcher-exception-during-elastic-search/179730 "2019-05-06T08:28:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![aksadvance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@aksadvance](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aksadvance)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gmail-watcher-exception-during-elastic-search/179730/1 "2019-05-06T08:28:57Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to setup watcher on index and send notification on my gmail account.

Done below settings in elasticsearch.yml , indentation is correct.

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: [xxx@gmail.com](mailto:xxx@gmail.com)  
password: xxx

I m getting below exception about the password,.

[2019-05-06T13:43:31,535][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [ajayk-hz55yn2] 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_  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]

I dont have the 2-step authentication enabled so do i need to give access to ES on my gmail account?

Please suggest.

Regards  
Ajay

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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:** [May 6, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gmail-watcher-exception-during-elastic-search/179730/2 "2019-05-06T08:33:27Z")

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See password needs to be a secure setting in Elasticsearch 7.0, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/7.0/actions-email.html#configuring-email](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/7.0/actions-email.html#configuring-email)

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**Author:** ![aksadvance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@aksadvance](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aksadvance)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gmail-watcher-exception-during-elastic-search/179730/3 "2019-05-06T08:57:11Z")

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Hi,  
i have generated password for app(elastic) and trying to use the same which i got but still same error.

What do you mean by " password needs to be a secure setting"? what exactly i have to do for this , please elaborate.  
Regards  
Ajay

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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:** [May 6, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gmail-watcher-exception-during-elastic-search/179730/4 "2019-05-06T08:58:49Z")

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please take your time to read the link I mentioned in my last post as it contains detailed instructions how to store such an email account password, including the required command.

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**Author:** ![aksadvance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@aksadvance](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aksadvance)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gmail-watcher-exception-during-elastic-search/179730/5 "2019-05-06T10:09:03Z")

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Great , i got the notification.

thanks for your support.

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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:** [June 3, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gmail-watcher-exception-during-elastic-search/179730/6 "2019-06-03T10:09:07Z")

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