From 8d1a1731a5e997a83220aa64ff3c6b74042b068e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Eyton-Williams <ojeytonwilliams@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:13:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: use ses as production email provider (#334)

---
 apps/backend/config/env/production/plugins.js | 16 ++++++++--------
 apps/backend/sample.env                       |  8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/backend/config/env/production/plugins.js b/apps/backend/config/env/production/plugins.js
index c005d9a9f..dc1c447b4 100644
--- a/apps/backend/config/env/production/plugins.js
+++ b/apps/backend/config/env/production/plugins.js
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
     config: {
       provider: "nodemailer",
       providerOptions: {
-        host: env("NODEMAILER_HOST", "localhost"),
-        secure: false,
-        port: 1025,
+        host: env("AWS_SES_HOST"),
+        secure: true,
+        port: 465,
         auth: {
-          user: "test",
-          pass: "test",
-        },
-        tls: {
-          rejectUnauthorized: false,
+          user: env("AWS_SES_KEY"),
+          pass: env("AWS_SES_SECRET"),
         },
       },
+      settings: {
+        defaultFrom: "team@freecodecamp.org",
+      },
     },
   },
 });
diff --git a/apps/backend/sample.env b/apps/backend/sample.env
index e5f65484a..fc491fbad 100644
--- a/apps/backend/sample.env
+++ b/apps/backend/sample.env
@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ DATABASE_SSL_CA=
 # Environment
 NODE_ENV=development
 
+# URL of the frontend app:
+DASHBOARD_URL=http://localhost:3000
+
 # Email
-DASHBOARD_URL=http://localhost:3000 # URL of the frontend app
+# Required in production:
+AWS_SES_KEY=
+AWS_SES_SECRET=
+AWS_SES_HOST=
 
 # Data migration
 DATA_MIGRATION=false