Setup a new account
Lets walkthrough how to setup your account in Chakra Campaigns. This walkthrough assumes you have just signed up and have landed on the onboarding page for the first time.
Prior to setting up your account, you will need to complete the following prerequisites:
- Obtain an AWS account
- Create & verify your domain with AWS SES
- Move your SES account from sandbox to production mode
- Create an IAM user with SES access (steps 1-7)
Setup Account
1. Login into your account
When you login into your account. You should land up on the following onboarding page
2. Add a SES Email Plugin
Click on the Add SES Plugin button to add a new SES plugin to your account. This will allow you to configure your SES account with Chakra Campaigns.
3. Configure SES Plugin
Configure your SES plugin by entering the Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, region and from email address. The from email address should be of the same domain as verified in SES. So if your verified domain is example.com - your from email address can be any of john@example.com, sales@example.com, etc...
Click Add when done.
Verify SES Email Plugin
1. Navigate to admin section
Click Admin on the left navbar
2. Navigate to plugins section
Search for plugins and click on the plugins card. This will take you to the list of plugins
3. Open SES Plugin
Locate and click the SES plugin you have created.
3. Test SES Plugin
Enter your email address in the input box under "Send Test Mail" and click "Send Test Mail". You should receive a test email from Chakra Campaigns.
