SMTP settings don't save to env

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#1

Using these settings in config.yml, I notice that when I run tutor config save these settings do not get saved to /env/apps/openedx/config/

EMAIL_BACKEND: django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
EMAIL_HOST: email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: XXX
EMAIL_HOST_USER: XXX
EMAIL_PORT: 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS: true

When I save these values in the env files and deploy, it works - but I know that my settings will only get overwritten later. This is 11.0.5.

#2

Use a YAML plugin to configure this. See https://docs.tutor.overhang.io/plugins/examples.html?highlight=email#examples-of-tutor-plugins

#3

In this particular case, the recommended approach is not to build a custom plugin (for once :wink:) but to properly set the right configuration variables. See https://docs.tutor.overhang.io/configuration.html#smtp

(notice in particular how you should not define EMAIL_* but SMTP_* variables.)

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