From 1066a6f8776e9bf66b7731b7e242d6ade75e3686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lisa Cawley Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:37:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Add loopback to X-Pack install info (elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch#2237) Original commit: elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch@8c105818e2c53e76f02046ccd72ce13aeff904c7 --- docs/en/installing-xes.asciidoc | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/installing-xes.asciidoc b/docs/en/installing-xes.asciidoc index 261472168f0..b4d75e07d4a 100644 --- a/docs/en/installing-xes.asciidoc +++ b/docs/en/installing-xes.asciidoc @@ -151,8 +151,10 @@ bootstrap password is only intended to be a transient password that is used to help you set all the built-in user passwords. -- -.. If you have more than one node, you must configure SSL/TLS for inter-node -communication. For more information, see +.. If you have more than one node or a single node that listens on an external +interface, you must configure SSL/TLS for inter-node communication. Single-node +instances that use a loopback interface do not have this requirement. For more +information, see {xpack-ref}/encrypting-communications.html[Encrypting Communications]. ... Generate node certificates. For example, you can use the `certgen` command line tool to generate a certificate authority and signed certificates for your @@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ the `node.name` configuration setting, you must specify the full path to the node key file. <2> Alternatively, specify the full path to the node certificate. <3> Alternatively specify the full path to the CA certificate. -<4> Disables the built-in token service. +<4> Disables the built-in token service. -- .. Start {es}.