Overview

To send emails from Omeka S running on Amazon Lightsail, it appears that email sending configuration is required. This article introduces how to use Amazon SES.

https://aws.amazon.com/jp/ses/

The following forum discussion was helpful.

https://forum.omeka.org/t/configuring-sendmail-or-smtp-for-omeka-s-on-amazon-lightsail/19335/1

Amazon SES Configuration

Configure Amazon SES by referring to the following site.

https://qiita.com/Shun_konno/items/f51ae599b68e0d2d36ea

Omeka S Configuration

Edit the Omeka S local.config.php file as follows.

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  • For host, specify the Amazon SES SMTP server endpoint corresponding to the AWS region you are using. The example uses the us-east-1 region endpoint, but change it as needed.
  • For username and password, use the SMTP credentials generated in Amazon SES.

Summary

We hope this is helpful when using Omeka S with Amazon Lightsail.