Add guidance on using CCR with Logstash (#36609)

* Add guidance on using CCR with Logstash

This commit adds a note to the documentation regarding how to configure
Logstash indices in the context of being available as leader indices for
cross-cluster replication.

* Oh okay

* idk

* notconsole
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@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ For more information about index settings, see {ref}/index-modules.html[Index mo
If you want to replicate indices created by APM Server or Beats, and are
allowing APM Server or Beats to manage index templates, you need to configure
soft deletes on the underlying index templates. To configure soft deletes on the
underlying index templates, add the following changes to the relevant APM Server
or Beats configuration file.
underlying index templates, incorporate the following changes to the relevant
APM Server or Beats configuration file.
["source","yaml"]
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For additional information on controlling the index templates managed by APM
Server or Beats, see the relevant documentation on loading the Elasticsearch
index template.
[float]
[[ccr-overview-logstash]]
==== Setting soft deletes on indices created by Logstash
If you want to replicate indices created by Logstash, and are using Logstash to
manage index templates, you need to configure soft deletes on a custom Logstash
index template. To configure soft deletes on the underlying index template,
incorporate the following change to a custom Logstash template.
["source","js"]
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{
"settings" : {
"index.soft_deletes.retention.operations" : 1024
}
}
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// NOTCONSOLE
Additionally, you will need to configure the Elasticsearch output plugin to use
this custom template.
["source","ruby"]
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output {
elasticsearch {
template => "/path/to/custom/logstash/template.json"
}
}
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For additional information on controlling the index templates managed by
Logstash, see the relevant documentation on the Elasticsearch output plugin.