send-email-with-ip

Instructions on how to set up a script to send an email with your IP in Ubuntu

1. Move to the folder where we will set the scripts

   cd /usr/local/bin
   

2. Install the necessary tools

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install sendemail
   

3. Download the code from github

   sudo git clone https://github.com/esdandreu/send-email-with-ip.git
   

4. Navigate to the repository

   cd /usr/local/bin/send-email-with-ip/
   

5. Make the main script executable

   sudo chmod a+xrw send-email-with-ip.sh
   

6. Create the .env file with your data: Open the file with your favourite editor. In my case it is neovim which can be installed with sudo apt install neovim and then run sudo vim .env to open it the file. Once you are editing .env, write:

   export EMAIL="less_secure_email@gmail.com"
   export PASSWORD="password"
   export TO="my_email@gmail.com"
   

   Make sure that the EMAIL you wrote allows less secure apps.

7. Modify the cronjobs

   crontab -e
   

   Choose an editor in the command line and add a line with:

   @reboot sleep 60; /usr/local/bin/send-email-with-ip/send-email-with-ip.sh
   

Now everything is set up. Reboot and check!