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<h1>Configuration<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Before django-helpdesk will be much use, you need to do some basic configuration. Most of this is done via the Django admin screens.</p>
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<li><p class="first">Visit <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">http://yoursite/admin/</span></tt> and add a Helpdesk Queue. If you wish, enter your POP3 or IMAP server details.</p>
<p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTE</strong>: Any tickets created via POP3 or IMAP mailboxes will DELETE the original e-mail from the mail server.</p>
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<li><p class="first">Visit <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">http://yoursite/helpdesk/</span></tt> (or whatever path as defined in your <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urls.py</span></tt>)</p>
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<li><p class="first">If you wish to automatically create tickets from the contents of an e-mail inbox, set up a cronjob to run the management command on a regular basis.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to set the relevant Django environment variables in your crontab:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>*/5 * * * * /path/to/helpdesksite/manage.py get_email</pre>
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<p>This will run the e-mail import every 5 minutes</p>
<p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTE</strong>: Any tickets created via POP3 or IMAP mailboxes will DELETE the original e-mail from the mail server.</p>
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<li><p class="first">If you wish to automatically escalate tickets based on their age, set up a cronjob to run the escalation command on a regular basis:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>0 * * * * /path/to/helpdesksite/manage.py escalate_tickets</pre>
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<p>This will run the escalation process hourly, using the &#8216;Escalation Hours&#8217; setting for each queue to determine which tickets to escalate.</p>
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<li><p class="first">If you wish to exclude some days (eg, weekends) from escalation calculations, enter the dates manually via the Admin, or setup a cronjob to run a management command on a regular basis:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>0 0 * * 0 /path/to/helpdesksite/manage.py create_escalation_exclusions --days saturday,sunday --escalate-verbosely</pre>
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<p>This will, on a weekly basis, create exclusions for the coming weekend.</p>
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<li><p class="first">Log in to your Django admin screen, and go to the &#8216;Sites&#8217; module. If the site <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">example.com</span></tt> is listed, click it and update the details so they are relevant for your website.</p>
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<li><p class="first">If you do not send mail directly from your web server (eg, you need to use an SMTP server) then edit your <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">settings.py</span></tt> file so it contains your mail server details:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">EMAIL_HOST</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&#39;XXXXX&#39;</span>
<span class="n">EMAIL_HOST_USER</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&#39;YYYYYY@ZZZZ.PPP&#39;</span>
<span class="n">EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&#39;123456&#39;</span>
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<p>You&#8217;re now up and running! Happy ticketing.</p>
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