Enabling Notifications for User Operations

The primary objective of this is to send a notification to an external endpoint once a user operation has taken place. For example, you want to send an email to an email address once a new user is created or the password of an existing user is changed. This can be achieved by enabling notifications for user operations.

The configuration differs based on the type of notifications you want to send to the external endpoint. The following instructions provide information on how to send an email when a user operation takes place.

1. Enable axis2 email transport sender by uncommenting the relevant section in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/axis2/axis2.xml file and add the appropriate values for them. The following is an example of the uncommented MailTransportSender.

   <transportSender name="mailto" class="org.apache.axis2.transport.mail.MailTransportSender"> <parameter name="mail.smtp.from">wso2demomail@gmail.com</parameter> <parameter name="mail.smtp.user">wso2demomail</parameter> <parameter name="mail.smtp.password">mailpassword</parameter> <parameter name="mail.smtp.host">smtp.gmail.com</parameter> <parameter name="mail.smtp.port">587</parameter> <parameter name="mail.smtp.starttls.enable">true</parameter> <parameter name="mail.smtp.auth">true</parameter> </transportSender>

2. Configure the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/msg-mgt.properties file with the desired destination configurations and template configurations. The following is a sample configuration for sending an email to an email address on user operation event.

   module.name.1=email email.subscription.1=userOperation email.subscription.userOperation.template=/home/user/Desktop/johnsmith email.subscription.userOperation.salutation=Admin email.subscription.userOperation.subject=User operation change information email.subscription.userOperation.endpoint.1=privateMail email.subscription.userOperation.endpoint.privateMail.address=receiver@gmail.com email.subscription.userOperation.endpoint.privateMail.salutation=Admin private mail email.subscription.userOperation.endpoint.privateMail.subject=User operation change information to private mail

   Before going into a detailed description about each property, one of the important facts that you must keep in your mind is that the properties included in this file can be secured using secure vault. You may refer Carbon Secure Vault Implementation in the WSO2 Product Administration Guide for more information on how to use secure vault to encrypt sensitive information in this property file. The following table lists out the properties and their description (click on the table to scroll through the description).