Custom Mail With Gmail 2-Step Auth on ODK Central

[Henry_Akwerigbe]

1. What is the issue? Please be detailed.
I get a 500 error when trying to create a new user. On inspecting the logs on docker, I see:

Error: Invalid login: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. For more information, go to
central-service-1  | 535 5.7.8  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials w6-20020aa7dcc6000000b00560a7b7b947sm225649edu.42 - gsmtp

Suggesting an auth issue. I am using a gmail account with 2-Step Auth, so I guess the username and password is not sufficient.

@yanokwa How do we handle this 2-Step Auth scenario for gmail?

2. What steps can we take to reproduce this issue?

• .env file

• Use a gmail account with 2-Step Auth enabled

3. What have you tried to fix the issue?
I tried setting the ports in env file; 465, 587, and the corresponding EMAIL_SECURE to true or false.
But I don't think this addresses the 2-Step Auth issue.

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[yanokwa]

We don't recommend using Gmail for sending transactions emails. Use a dedicated email service such as Mailjet.

If you still want to use Gmail, then 2-step auth won't work. You'll have to sign in with an app passwords instead.

[Henry_Akwerigbe]

Thanks, much appreciated, we'll look into this