Is it possible to send email from RSA 8.2 Virtual Appliance

[ManiBhushan]

Hi 

Can I send  mail directly from RSA 8.2 Virtual  Appliance  command line using sendmail /mailx  to  RSA Administrator . 

I am using custom SQL query  to generate the report , once the report is generated Using shell script I would like to send mail .  

Thank you

[TIFFANYIRELAND1]

I had the same question, and this was the newest info I could find on the site:

 000014856 - APP 3.0X - Is it possible to send email from the 3.0X Appliance? 

[PiersB · Accepted solution]

Sending reports via email is integrated into the reporting interfaces in RSA Authentication Manager 8.2 SP1 using these steps:

1. Configure the SMTP server in the Setup > System Settings > E-mail (SMTP) interface.
2. Configure a default list of "Report Notification" e-mail addresses. These e-mail addresses are configured in the Setup > System Settings >  Report Notification interface.
3. When creating reports, they can be emailed two different ways:
   1. Reports can be sent the "Report Notification" list of addresses.
   2. Reports can be mailed to an additional specific set of email addresses depending on their content. This list is configured on a report-by-report basis.

Near the end of the report configuration interface, the administrator can choose to whom the reports are sent:

The options shown below can be used in combination, if desired.

[ManiBhushan]

Not from Security Console,  I mean to say from Server command line.  

When we run custom SQL query from command line,  the output file I would like to send to user mail box using sendmail or mailx etc command . 

[PiersB]

I would recommend that you simply run the custom query remotely from a different system that has sendmail (and any other required software) installed and configured.

When you add a read-only database user (using the manage-readonly-dbusers CLU), you provide the IP-address of the system from which a database connection can be established. This CLU enables PostgreSQL networking and opens the firewall to allow the remote system's access.

[ManiBhushan]

Custom SQL Query which I mentioned  is just an example .

Actually , I would like to know can I send mail from RSA server command line using sendmail or mailx  ?  

[PiersB]

You cannot. You would have to manually install additional, unsupported RPMs to install the sendmail client.

The RSA Appliance is a special purpose security device with a custom operating system which is trimmed to contain only the elements required for the operation of the system. In general, it is recommended that the appliance is operated without SSH being enabled (which is also the default configuration). 

There are other scripting tools such a Perl that are installed and could be used/extended to act as a sendmail client.

[DavidAllison]

Is there a way to modify the emails that are sent out when reports are run?  To embed another URL, for instance?