ML mappings and index templates have so far been created
programmatically. While this had its merits due to static typing,
there is consensus it would be clear to maintain those in json files.
In addition, we are going to adding ILM policies to these indices
and the component for a plugin to register ILM policies is
`IndexTemplateRegistry`. It expects the templates to be in resource
json files.
For the above reasons this commit refactors ML mappings and index
templates into json resource files that are registered via
`MlIndexTemplateRegistry`.
Backport of #51765
This commit deprecates the creation of dot-prefixed index names (e.g.
.watches) unless they are either 1) a hidden index, or 2) registered by
a plugin that extends SystemIndexPlugin. This is the first step
towards more thorough protections for system indices.
This commit also modifies several plugins which use dot-prefixed indices
to register indices they own as system indices, and adds a plugin to
register .tasks as a system index.
The description field of xpack featuresets is optionally part of the
xpack info api, when using the verbose flag. However, this information
is unnecessary, as it is better left for documentation (and the existing
descriptions describe anything meaningful). This commit removes the
description field from feature sets.
This commit changes the type from "doc" to "_doc" for the
.logstash-management template. Since this is an internally
managed template it does not always go through the REST
layer for it's internal representation. The internal
representation requires the default "_doc" type, which for
external templates is added in the REST layer.
Related #38637
The logstash management template was named in such a way as to confuse
users, who misunderstood it to be a template for indices created by
logstash. It is now renamed to more clearly communicate its purpose and
match the format of the other templates for system indices.
Dimitris Athanasiou
Gordon Brown
Ryan Ernst
Jake Landis
Pratik Sanglikar
Tanguy Leroux