Configuring the Email Validation Setting

By default, SSHepherd will verify if an email address is properly formatted and has a valid MX record.. This ensures that only valid email addresses can be used to login to SSHepherd.

Email Validation Explained

EMAIL_CHECK_DELIVERABILITY – set to TRUE (default). When set to TRUE, SSHepherd checks for a properly formatted email address with a valid MX record. When set to FALSE, email addresses will not be validated.

How to Configure the Email Validation Setting

Manually edit the statefulset

1. Establish an SSH connection to your SSHepherd C3 Server
2. Run the following command to edit the statefulset. Add the values below to the env: section in the file to update the values with your security preferences. Make sure to match the format displayed in the image below.

KUBE_EDITOR=nano microk8s kubectl -n sshepherd edit statefulset python-flask

• name: EMAIL_CHECK_DELIVERABILITY
  • value: “True”

3. Save and exit the file