SAFR Actions

SAFR Actions is a GUI tool to aid users in editing the SAFRActions.config configuration file. It comes already installed with SAFR Platform and SAFR Desktop.

SAFR Actions is generally very light in terms of system resource usage but can be burdensome if the rate of events requiring handling is high (for example, hundreds per second) and actions scripts are computationally or I/O intensive. However, this is not a common occurrence.

Configure Email Server

Only available on Windows.

Configure SAFR so that it can use an email server to send email messages by doing the following:

  1. Get an SMTP Server account you can use for sending emails.
  2. Within the SAFR Actions GUI, select Configure Email Server… from the Tools drop-down menu at the top.
  3. You'll be prompted to enter your SAFR credentials.
    • SAFR User Id: Your SAFR account user ID.
    • SAFR User Password: Your SAFR account password.
    • SAFR Environment: If you're using a cloud license, select SAFR Cloud from the drop-down menu. If you're using an on-premises license, select SAFR Local.
  4. You'll be presented with the following dialogue. Fill out all the fields of the dialogue.
    • Sender Email: The email username of the SMTP account. (e.g. Susan.Johnson@gmail.com)
    • Email Password: The password for the SMTP account.
    • Sender Name: The display name on the "From" line. (e.g. Susan Johnson)
    • From Email Address: The email address that will appear on the "From" line. This feature isn't supported by all email servers; if this field isn't used then the Sender Email value is used for the "From" line.
    • Email Server Address: The address of the SMTP email server.
    • Email Server Port: The email server port. The default port for SMTP is 587.
  5. Click Apply.

Configure SMS Sender

Only available on Windows.

To configure SAFR so that it can send short message service (SMS) messages, do the following:

  1. Sign up for Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service), as described on Amazone's site here: https://aws.amazon.com/sns/?whats-new-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.postDateTime&whats-new-cards.sort-order=desc.
  2. Within the SAFR Actions GUI, select Configure SMS Sender… from the Tools drop-down menu at the top.
  3. You'll be prompted to enter your SAFR credentials.
    • SAFR User Id: Your SAFR account user ID.
    • SAFR User Password: Your SAFR account password.
    • SAFR Environment: If you're using a cloud license, select SAFR Cloud from the drop-down menu. If you're using an on-premises license, select SAFR Local.
  4. You'll be presented with the following dialogue. Fill out all the fields of the dialogue.
    • SMS Provider: The SMS provider that you're using. Leave this value at its default: Amazon_SNS.
    • Access Key: Your Amazon SNS Access Key.
    • Secret Key: Your Amazon SNS Secret Key.
    • Region: The region of your Amazon SNS.
    • Sender Id: The name that will be used to send the SMS messages.
    • Send Test Message: Configure the test message that will be sent after you finish setting up SMS.
      • Phone Number: The phone number to which the test message will be sent. It should be in the E.164 format. (e.g. +12065551313)
      • Message: The text message that will be sent to the phone number specified above.
  5. Click Apply, then click Send

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