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
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
Add info about the base image used and the github repo of
elasticsearch-docker.
Clarify that setting `memlock=-1:-1` is only a requirement when
`bootstrap_memory_lock=true` and the alternatives we document
elsewhere in docs for disabling swap are valid for Docker as well.
Additionally, with latest versions of docker-ce shipping with
unlimited (or high enough) defaults for `nofile` and `nproc`, clarify
that explicitly setting those per ES container is not required, unless
they are not defined in the Docker daemon.
Finally simplify production `docker-compose.yml` example by removing
unneeded options.
Relates #24389
While there are use-cases where a single-node is in production, there
are also use-cases for starting a single-node that binds transport to an
external interface where the node is not in production (for example, for
testing the transport client against a node started in a Docker
container). It's tricky to balance the desire to always enforce the
bootstrap checks when a node might be in production with the need for
the community to perform testing in situations that would trip the
bootstrap checks. This commit enables some flexibility for these
users. By setting the discovery type to "single-node", we disable the
bootstrap checks independently of how transport is bound. While this
sounds like a hole in the bootstrap checks, the bootstrap checks can
already be avoided in the single-node use-case by binding only HTTP but
not transport. For users that are genuinely in production on a
single-node use-case with transport bound to an external use-case, they
can set the system property "es.enable.bootstrap.checks" to force
running the bootstrap checks. It would be a mistake for them not to do
this.
Relates #23598
The OpenJDK project provides early-access builds of upcoming
releases. These early-access builds are not suitable for
production. These builds sometimes end up on systems due to aggressive
packaging (e.g., Ubuntu). This commit adds a bootstrap check to ensure
these early-access builds are not being used in production.
Relates #23743
This commit adds a system property that enables end-users to explicitly
enforce the bootstrap checks, independently of the binding of the
transport protocol. This can be useful for single-node production
systems that do not bind the transport protocol (and thus the bootstrap
checks would not be enforced).
Relates #23585
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
Viral-Inc
Dimitrios Liappis
Juan Paulo Gutierrez
Joeyn414
Pascal Borreli
Clinton Gormley