From 8067250fbe2eed5395f0ed11cac4087bb07053a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lisa Cawley Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 09:51:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Adds recommendation for xpack.security.enabled (#32345) --- docs/reference/settings/security-settings.asciidoc | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/settings/security-settings.asciidoc b/docs/reference/settings/security-settings.asciidoc index ba2fc27ed42..4f29b0549b3 100644 --- a/docs/reference/settings/security-settings.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/settings/security-settings.asciidoc @@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ For more information about creating and updating the {es} keystore, see `xpack.security.enabled`:: Set to `true` to enable {security} on the node. + + +-- If set to `false`, which is the default value for basic and trial licenses, {security} is disabled. It also affects all {kib} instances that connect to this {es} instance; you do not need to disable {security} in those `kibana.yml` files. For more information about disabling {security} in specific {kib} instances, see {kibana-ref}/security-settings-kb.html[{kib} security settings]. +TIP: If you have gold or higher licenses, the default value is `true`; we +recommend that you explicitly add this setting to avoid confusion. + +-- + `xpack.security.hide_settings`:: A comma-separated list of settings that are omitted from the results of the <>. You can use wildcards to include