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Author SHA1 Message Date
Philipp Krenn 64ca0fe9bb Update docs regarding SHA-512 checksums
This commit updates the docs for the new SHA-512 checksums that are
supported for official plugins.

Relates #27524
2017-11-29 21:29:06 -05:00
Jason Tedor 6655689b15 Move DNS cache docs to system configuration docs
When these docs were moved they should have been moved to the system
configuration docs. This commit does that, and also fixes a missing
heading that broke the docs build.
2017-11-29 19:57:26 -05:00
Jason Tedor ff3c19ed13
Move DNS cache settings to important configuration
This commit moves the DNS cache settings for the JVM to the important
settings section of the docs.

Relates #27592
2017-11-29 18:02:26 -05:00
Christoph Büscher 0d11b9fe34
[Docs] Unify spelling of Elasticsearch (#27567)
Removes occurences of "elasticsearch" or "ElasticSearch" in favour of
"Elasticsearch" where appropriate.
2017-11-29 09:44:25 +01:00
Kanako Nakai 23f85fe6d4 Fix max number of threads bootstrap docs
Previously the bootstrap check for max number of threads was increased
from 2048 to 4096 yet the docs were never adjusted for this change. This
commit addresses this so the docs are in-line with the limit enforced in
the bootstrap check.

Relates #27511
2017-11-28 22:19:04 -05:00
Jason Tedor d8c28044da
Forbid granting the all permission in production
Running with the all permission java.security.AllPermission granted is
equivalent to disabling the security manager. This commit adds a
bootstrap check that forbids running with this permission granted.

Relates #27548
2017-11-27 16:05:27 -05:00
Michael Basnight 2949c53174
Remove config prompting for secrets and text (#27216)
This commit removes the ability to use ${prompt.secret} and
${prompt.text} as valid config settings. Secure settings has obsoleted
the need for this, and it cleans up some of the code in Bootstrap.
2017-11-19 22:33:17 -06:00
Russ Cam c42899b27e
Docs/windows installer (#27369)
* Add additional command line parameters along with important note for INSTALLDIR when upgrading
* Update windows installer images
2017-11-15 21:35:54 +11:00
lcawley 3ed558d718 [DOCS] Fixed link to docker content 2017-11-10 12:10:28 -08:00
Lisa Cawley 9f43d7329b
[DOCS] Move X-Pack-specific Docker content (#27333) 2017-11-10 09:38:32 -08:00
Toby McLaughlin b71f7d3559
Update Docker docs for 6.0.0-rc2 (#27166)
* Update Docker docs for 6.0.0-rc2

* Update the docs to match the new Docker "image flavours" of "basic",
"platinum", and "oss".

* Clarifications for Openshift and bind-mounts

* Bump docker-compose 2.x format to 2.2

* Combine Docker Toolbox instructions for setting vm.max_map_count for
  both macOS + Windows

* devicemapper is not the default storage driver any more on RHEL
2017-11-01 14:24:30 +11:00
Nicolas Sierra d6fc4affae Clarify systemd overrides
This commit clarifies how to apply an override to the systemd unit file
for Elasticsearch.

Relates #26950
2017-10-10 13:06:34 -04:00
Steve Kotsopoulos dd95849b62 Document JVM option MaxFDLimit for macOS ()
This commit documents a JVM option that is needed on macOS when raising
file descriptor limits there.

Relates #26900
2017-10-05 14:56:15 -04:00
Amine Daï 3cb99aeec1 Fix references to vm.max_map_count in Docker docs
This commit fixes some references to vm.max_map_count in the Docker
docs.

Relates #26798
2017-09-29 15:56:18 -04:00
Jason Tedor cfd6f35fc3 Add note to docs on /etc/elasticsearch ownership
This commit adds a note to the docs for the RPM and Debian installation
regarding the expected permissions for /etc/elasticsearch.

Relates #26795
2017-09-27 09:22:52 -04:00
Jason Tedor d8bb413b1b Configure heap dump path out of the box
The JVM defaults to dumping the heap to the working directory of
Elasticsearch. For the RPM and Debian packages, this location is
/usr/share/elasticsearch. This directory is not writable by the
elasticsearch user, so by default heap dumps in this situation are
lost. This commit modifies the packaging for the RPM and Debian packages
to set the heap dump path to /var/lib/elasticsearch as the default
location for dumping the heap. This location is writable by the
elasticsearch user by default. We add documentation of this important
setting if /var/lib/elasticsearch is not suitable for receiving heap
dumps.

Relates #26755
2017-09-22 14:22:03 -04:00
Dimitrios Liappis b789ce737b Docs: Use single-node discovery.type for dev example
For the single node, dev example, the `discovery.type=single-node`[1],[2] 
is a perfect fit and makes the example shorter and more self explanatory.

Also expose the transport port, to help with dev use-cases using the 
transport client.

[1] https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/23595
[2] https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/23598

Relates #26289
2017-09-15 16:14:47 +03:00
Christoph Büscher c7c6443b10 [Docs] "The the" is a great band, but ... (#26644)
Removing several occurrences of this typo in the docs and javadocs, seems to be
a common mistake. Corrections turn up once in a while in PRs, better to correct
some of this in one sweep.
2017-09-14 15:08:20 +02:00
Russ Cam 62a7205577 Add beta tag to MSI Windows Installer (#26616) 2017-09-13 13:23:12 +10:00
Jason Tedor 279be13a00 Clarify development vs. production mode
The definition of development vs. production mode has evolved slightly
over time (with the introduction of single-node) discovery. This commit
clarifies the documentation to better account for this adjustment.

Relates #26460
2017-09-02 09:47:39 -04:00
Colin Goodheart-Smithe 6b23ee8040
[TEST] Fixes docs tests
587409e893 introduced a bug where an example of the format of a request which contained placeholder values was attempted to be tested. This change adds `NOTCONSOLE` to that snippet as the immediately following snippet tests a concrete example.

220212dd69 introduced a bug because the test substitution was looking for `otherhost` where the snippet contained `oldhost`. This change fixes the substitution
2017-08-24 10:45:53 +01:00
Jason Tedor 587409e893 Fix logging level docs
This commit fixes an issue with the logging level docs reported as
unconverted snippets.
2017-08-23 21:21:56 -04:00
debadair 220212dd69 WIP: Edits to upgrade docs (#26155)
* [DOCS] Updated and edited upgrade information.

* Incorporated Nik's feedback.
2017-08-23 14:07:34 -07:00
Jason Tedor bb5b771098 Add docs regarding setting logging levels
This commit clarifies the various ways of setting logging levels and in
what circumstances they are appropriate.

Relates #26344
2017-08-23 13:21:44 -04:00
michaelbaamonde c0dbd236c3 Fix typo re: bootstrap.memory_lock in Docker docs. (#26265)
`bootstrap_memory_lock` should be `bootstrap.memory_lock`.
2017-08-18 11:55:56 -04:00
Jason Tedor e9687622bd Rename CONF_DIR to ES_PATH_CONF
The environment variable CONF_DIR was previously inconsistently used in
our packaging to customize the location of Elasticsearch configuration
files. The importance of this environment variable has increased
starting in 6.0.0 as it's now used consistently to ensure Elasticsearch
and all secondary scripts (e.g., elasticsearch-keystore) all use the
same configuration. The name CONF_DIR is there for legacy reasons yet
it's too generic. This commit renames CONF_DIR to ES_PATH_CONF.

Relates #26197
2017-08-15 06:19:06 +09:00
Jason Tedor bc8dc683e4 Update config files docs
This commit updates the docs for the config files to explain the new
mechanism for customizing the configuration directory via the
environment variable CONF_DIR.

Relates #25990
2017-08-01 09:52:23 +09:00
Jason Tedor 540413b24a Also skip JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS on Windows
On non-Windows platforms, we ignore the environment variable
JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS (this is an environment variable that the JVM respects
by default for picking up extra JVM options). The primary reason that we
ignore this because of the Jayatana agent on Ubuntu; a secondary reason
is that it produces an annoying "Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: ..."
output message. When the elasticsearch-env batch script was introduced
for Windows, ignoring this environment variable was deliberately not
carried over as the primary reason does not apply on Windows. However,
after additional thinking, it seems that we should simply be consistent
to the extent possible here (and also avoid that annoying "Picked up
JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: ..." on Windows too). This commit causes the Windows
version of elasticsearch-env to also ignore JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS.

Relates #25968
2017-07-31 21:27:42 +09:00
Jason Tedor 2ef0f8af38 Add max file size bootstrap check
This commit adds a bootstrap check for the maximum file size, and
ensures the limit is set correctly when Elasticsearch is installed as a
service on systemd-based systems.

Relates #25974
2017-07-31 21:01:47 +09:00
Adrien Grand 57e8b9ee29 Remove another reference to 64-bit systems. 2017-07-31 09:56:06 +02:00
propulkit a2fd1b9f6d No more using 'hybrid mmapfs / niofs' (#25944)
It looks a bit ambiguous here.

ElasticSearch no more using 'hybrid mmapfs / niofs' which chooses filesystem based on the file. It is any one of the mmapfs, niofs or simplefs depending on the operating system.
As quoted here https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/index-modules-store.html

Thanks,
Pulkit Agrawal
2017-07-31 09:53:55 +02:00
Clinton Gormley 618ff159eb Reorganised setup docs into better order 2017-07-21 11:24:46 +02:00
Ryan Ernst 8ab0d10387 Add compatibility versions to main action response (#25799)
This commit adds the min wire/index compat versions to the main action
output. Not only will this make the compatility expected more
transparent, but it also allows to test which version others think the
compat versions are, similar to how we test the lucene version.
2017-07-20 13:01:41 -07:00
Boaz Leskes 7488877d1a Validate a joining node's version with version of existing cluster nodes (#25808)
When a node tries to join a cluster, it goes through a validation step to make sure the node is compatible with the cluster. Currently we validation that the node can read the cluster state and that it is compatible with the indexes of the cluster. This PR adds validation that the joining node's version is compatible with the versions of existing nodes. Concretely we check that:

1) The node's min compatible version is higher or equal to any node in the cluster (this prevents a too-new node from joining)
2) The node's version is higher or equal to the min compat version of all cluster nodes (this prevents a too old join where, for example, the master is on 5.6, there's another 6.0 node in the cluster and a 5.4 node tries to join).
3) The node's major version is at least as higher as the lowest node in the cluster. This is important as we use the minimum version in the cluster to stop executing bwc code for operations that require multiple nodes. If the nodes are already operating in "new cluster mode", we should prevent nodes from the previous major to join (even if they are wire level compatible). This does mean that if you have a very unlucky partition during the upgrade which partitions all old nodes which are also a minority / data nodes only, the may not be able to re-join the cluster. We feel this edge case risk is well worth the simplification it brings to BWC layers only going one way. This restriction only holds if the cluster state has been recovered (i.e., the cluster has properly formed).

 Also, the node join validation can now selectively fail specific nodes (previously the entire batch was failed). This is an important preparation for a follow up PR where we plan to have a rejected joining node die with dignity.
2017-07-20 20:11:29 +02:00
Boaz Leskes 9989ac69a4 Revert "Validate a joining node's version with version of existing cluster nodes (#25770)"
This reverts commit 1e1f8e6376.
2017-07-19 17:34:53 +02:00
Boaz Leskes 1e1f8e6376 Validate a joining node's version with version of existing cluster nodes (#25770)
When a node tries to join a cluster, it goes through a validation step to make sure the node is compatible with the cluster. Currently we validation that the node can read the cluster state and that it is compatible with the indexes of the cluster. This PR adds validation that the joining node's version is compatible with the versions of existing nodes. Concretely we check that:

1) The node's min compatible version is higher or equal to any node in the cluster (this prevents a too-new node from joining)
2) The node's version is higher or equal to the min compat version of all cluster nodes (this prevents a too old join where, for example, the master is on 5.6, there's another 6.0 node in the cluster and a 5.4 node tries to join).
3) The node's major version is at least as higher as the lowest node in the cluster. This is important as we use the minimum version in the cluster to stop executing bwc code for operations that require multiple nodes. If the nodes are already operating in "new cluster mode", we should prevent nodes from the previous major to join (even if they are wire level compatible). This does mean that if you have a very unlucky partition during the upgrade which partitions all old nodes which are also a minority / data nodes only, the may not be able to re-join the cluster. We feel this edge case risk is well worth the simplification it brings to BWC layers only going one way.

 Also, the node join validation can now selectively fail specific nodes (previously the entire batch was failed). This is an important preparation for a follow up PR where we plan to have a rejected joining node die with dignity.
2017-07-19 12:57:29 +02:00
Ryan Ernst b1762d69b5 Setup: Change default heap to 1G (#25695)
This commit changes the default heap size to 1 GB. Experimenting with
elasticsearch is often done on laptops, and 1 GB is much friendlier to
laptop memory. It does put more pressure on the gc, but the tradeoff is
a smaller default footprint. Users running in production can (and
should) adjust the heap size as necessary for their usecase.
2017-07-14 09:38:08 -07:00
Jason Tedor 86e9438d3c Prevent excessive disk consumption by log files
This commit enables management of the main Elasticsearch log files
out-of-the-box by the following changes:
 - compress rolled logs
 - roll logs every 128 MB
 - maintain a sliding window of logs
 - remove the oldest logs maintaining no more than 2 GB of compressed
   logs on disk

Relates #25660
2017-07-12 15:52:00 -04:00
Jason Tedor 5a416b9922 Use config directory to find jvm.options
This commit removes the environment variable ES_JVM_OPTIONS that allows
the jvm.options file to sit separately from the rest of the config
directory. Instead, we use the CONF_DIR environment variable for custom
configuration location just as we do for the other configuration files.

Relates #25679
2017-07-12 15:29:13 -04:00
Viral-Inc f3569debb6 [Docs] Fix typo in bootstrap-checks.asciidoc (#25597) 2017-07-07 15:37:40 +02:00
Russ Cam 83522ab4e5 Important note for MSI upgrade from command line (#25544)
Add an Important admonition for upgrading via the command line
using the Windows MSI Installer. This calls out the need to pass
the same command line options for an upgrade as were used for
the initial installation.
2017-07-05 11:38:21 +02:00
Russ Cam 099ccd36ee Update defaults in documentation (#25483)
Following internal discussion

Relates: https://github.com/elastic/windows-installers/pull/49
2017-06-30 16:24:53 +10:00
Jason Tedor be906628d5 Remove implicit 32-bit support
We previously tried to maintain (while not formally supporting) 32-bit
support, although we never tested this anywhere in CI. Since we do not
formally support this, and 32-bit usage is very low, we have elected to
no longer maintain 32-bit support. This commit removes any implication
of 32-bit support.

Relates #25435
2017-06-28 08:24:33 -04:00
Russ Cam 2804fc4c29 Update MSI installer images (#25414)
Slight updating to styling
2017-06-28 09:04:23 +10:00
Jason Tedor dfd241e0a6 Remove default path settings
This commit removes the default path settings for data and logs. With
this change, we now ship the packages with these settings set in the
elasticsearch.yml configuration file rather than going through the
default.path.data and default.path.logs dance that we went through in
the past.

Relates #25408
2017-06-26 21:43:20 -04:00
Deb Adair 2765ea41ca [DOCS] Fixed broken cross doc links to security settings. 2017-06-26 17:48:56 -07:00
Jason Tedor 5a9fc8aa2a Remove path.conf setting
This commit removes path.conf as a valid setting and replaces it with a
command-line flag for specifying a non-default path for configuration.

Relates #25392
2017-06-26 15:18:29 -04:00
Russ Cam 9eca380a76 Add MSI installation to documentation (#25213)
* Add MSI installation to documentation

Move installation documentation for Windows with the .zip archive into the zip and tar installation documentation, and clearly indicate any differences for installing on macOS/Linux and Windows.

* Separate out installation with .zip on Windows
2017-06-19 14:52:47 +10:00
Ryan Ernst 1bd5cecc34 Docs: Add note about which secure settings are valid (#25212)
This commit adds a note to the docs to clarify that only some settings
can be used with the keystore.
2017-06-13 21:04:16 -07:00
Lisa Cawley 2f7de46b72 [DOC] Add X-Pack links to Elasticsearch Reference (#25164)
* [DOC] Add X-Pack links to Elasticsearch Reference

* [DOCS] Address alignment of attributes in Versions.asciidoc
2017-06-12 13:43:06 -07:00