From 567720d970e85b0f3397a25bc76685f7d954c76a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Clarke Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 19:24:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Added caveat about the number of file realms (#58369) --- x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/file-realm.asciidoc | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/file-realm.asciidoc b/x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/file-realm.asciidoc index 010c5348008..5d9e04a3274 100644 --- a/x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/file-realm.asciidoc +++ b/x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/file-realm.asciidoc @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ credentials of all other users. IMPORTANT: When you configure realms in `elasticsearch.yml`, only the realms you specify are used for authentication. To use the `file` realm you must explicitly -include it in the realm chain. +include it in the realm chain. While it is possible to define multiple instances +of some other realms, you can define only _one_ file realm per node. To define users, the {security-features} provide the {ref}/users-command.html[users] command-line tool. This tool enables you to add