J’ai été obligé de modifier le mot de passe de mon adresse mail et j’ai désespérément cherché où mettre le nouveau smtp_password dans le panneau d’adminstration. J’ai finalement compris (ici) qu’il fallait passer par une modification d’un fichier (yaml?). J’ai un accès au ssh, mais ne suis pas du t…

Merci à tous pour les réponses rapides. Je résume [et mets à jour avec les infos qui ont suivi] pour les débutants comme moi: Faire le backup de la base de données Se connecter en SSH Editer le fichier qui contient le mot de passe sudo nano /var/discourse/containers/app.yml Trouver la …

Hi there, all you need to do is SSH in, and just do this: nano containers/app.yml That will open up the text editor to change the SMTP details. Then, you can run: cd /var/discourse ./launcher destroy app ./launcher start app for the changes to take effect. A simpler way would be to run ./disco…

Thank you very much for this fast answer. If I run ./discourse-setup All my settings will be destroyed ?

No, I don’t believe it does. I would suggest the first option, if you have more things to edit. [image] Troubleshoot email on a new Discourse install The simplest way is to run ./discourse-setup again. Did you enter everything correctly? But wait! If your password has anything other than numbers…

.\discourse-setup will likely not work, use .\launcher rebuild app after CTRL+x in nano containers/app.yml

i would recommend backing up the database before (and after) rebuild, but you probably did that before logging in via SSH i like that you’ve included instructions for how to use the nano text editor

Do I have to rebuild? Rebuilding is too slow :weary_face:

If you change only the SMTP details, you can do this: [image] NateDhaliwal: Then, you can run: cd /var/discourse ./launcher destroy app ./launcher start app for the changes to take effect.

Running discourse-setup is the easiest way for a novice. It will do a rebuild automatically (unless you control-c before it does). Editing with nano (or vim) and destroy/start is the fastest way, though if you have upgraded with docker_manager from the ux it’ll undo those changes and you might need…

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) November 17, 2025, 9:13am 4

No, I don’t believe it does. I would suggest the first option, if you have more things to edit.

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