[DOCS] Clarified watcher cleaner service behaviour (elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch#3135)

* [DOCS] Clarified watcher cleaner service behaviour

* [DOCS] Fixed typo in watcher settings

* [DOC] Clarified watcher and monitor setting dependencies

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Lisa Cawley 2017-11-29 08:25:59 -08:00 committed by GitHub
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`xpack.monitoring.history.duration`::
Sets the retention duration beyond which the indices created by a Monitoring exporter will
be automatically deleted. Defaults to `7d` (7 days).
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This setting has a minimum value of `1d` (1 day) to ensure that something is being monitored,
and it cannot be disabled.
Sets the retention duration beyond which the indices created by a Monitoring
exporter are automatically deleted. Defaults to `7d` (7 days).
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This setting has a minimum value of `1d` (1 day) to ensure that something is
being monitored, and it cannot be disabled.
IMPORTANT: This setting currently only impacts `local`-type exporters. Indices created using
the `http` exporter will not be deleted automatically.
If both {monitoring} and {watcher} are enabled, you can use this setting to
affect the {watcher} cleaner service too. For more information, see the
`xpack.watcher.history.cleaner_service.enabled` setting in the
<<notification-settings>>.
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`xpack.monitoring.exporters`::
Configures where the agent stores monitoring data. By default, the agent uses a

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@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ required. For more information, see
{xpack-ref}/encrypting-data.html[Encrypting sensitive data in {watcher}].
`xpack.watcher.history.cleaner_service.enabled`::
Set to `false` (default) to disable the cleaner service, which removes previous
versions of {watcher} indices (for example, .watcher-history*) when it
determines that they are old.
Set to `false` (default) to disable the cleaner service. If this setting is
`true`, the `xpack.monitoring.enabled` setting must also be set to `true`. The
cleaner service removes previous versions of {watcher} indices (for example,
`.watcher-history*`) when it determines that they are old. The duration of
{watcher} indices is determined by the `xpack.monitoring.history.duration`
setting, which defaults to 7 days. For more information about that setting,
see <<monitoring-settings>>.
`xpack.http.proxy.host`::
Specifies the address of the proxy server to use to connect to HTTP services.