We try to install a system call filter on various operating systems
(Linux, macOS, BSD, Solaris, and Windows) but the setting
(bootstrap.seccomp) to control this is named after the Linux
implementation (seccomp). This commit replaces this setting with
bootstrap.system_call_filter. For backwards compatibility reasons, we
fallback to bootstrap.seccomp and log a deprecation message if
bootstrap.seccomp is set. We intend to remove this fallback in
6.0.0. Note that now is the time to make this change it's likely that
most users are not making this setting anyway as prior to version 5.2.0
(currently unreleased) it was not necessary to configure anything to
enable a node to start up if the system call filter failed to install
(we marched on anyway) but starting in 5.2.0 it will be necessary in
this case.
Relates #22226
Today if system call filters fail to install on startup, we log a
message but otherwise march on. This might leave users without system
call filters installed not knowing that they have implicitly accepted
the additional risk. We should not be lenient like this, instead clearly
informing the user that they have to either fix their configuration or
accept the risk of not having system call filters installed. This commit
adds a bootstrap check that if system call filters are enabled, they
must successfully install.
Relates #21940
The serial collector is not suitable for running with a server
application like Elasticsearch and can decimate performance and lead to
cluster instability. This commit adds a bootstrap check to prevent usage
of the serial collector when Elasticsearch is running in production
mode.
Relates #20558
This commit adds a bootstrap check for the JVM option OnError being in
use and seccomp being enabled. These two options are incompatible
because OnError allows the user to specify an arbitrary program to fork
when the JVM encounters an fatal error, and seccomp enables system call
filters that prevents forking.
This commit adds a bootstrap check for the JVM option OnOutOfMemoryError
being in use and seccomp being enabled. These two options are
incompatible because OnOutOfMemoryError allows the user to specify an
arbitrary program to fork when the JVM encounters an
OutOfMemoryError, and seccomp enables system call filters that prevents
forking.
This commit also adds support for bootstrap checks that are always
enforced, whether or not Elasticsearch is in production mode.
The setting bootstrap.mlockall is useful on both POSIX-like systems
(POSIX mlockall) and Windows (Win32 VirtualLock). But mlockall is really
a POSIX only thing so the name should not be tied POSIX. This commit
renames the setting to "bootstrap.memory_lock".
Relates #18669
This commit adds documentation for the bootstrap checks and provides
either links or inline guidance for setting the necessary settings to
pass the bootstrap checks.
Relates #18605
Jason Tedor
Juan Paulo Gutierrez
Joeyn414
Pascal Borreli
Clinton Gormley