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== 7.1.0 release highlights
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<titleabbrev>7.1.0</titleabbrev>
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See also <<release-notes-7.1.0,{es} 7.1.0 release notes>>.

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==== TLS is now licensed under the Elastic Basic license

Transport Layer Security (TLS), commonly referred to as SSL, is now
licensed under the free-of-charge Elastic Basic license. Previously, this security feature
required a paid Gold-tier subscription. With the default distribution,
you can now encrypt all Elasticsearch communication, within a cluster and across remotes
clusters. Download https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch[Elasticsearch],
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.1/configuring-tls.html[configure TLS],
and run your cluster in production, knowing all Elasticsearch communication is safely encrypted.
For details, see https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions
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==== RBAC is now licensed under the Elastic Basic license

RBAC (Role Based Access Control) is now licenced under the free-of-charge Elastic Basic licence.
Previously, this security feature required a paid Gold-tier subscription.
With the default distribution you can take advantage of RBAC by configuring users, groups, roles
and permissions for any user from the
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.1/configuring-file-realm.html[file realm]
or the https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.1/configuring-native-realm.html[native realm]
. Download https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch[Elasticsearch],
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/7.1/authorization.html[configure RBAC],
and run your cluster in production, knowing your private data stays private.
Note that our advanced security features, such as single sign-on and Active Directory/LDAP
authentication to field-level and document-level security, remain paid features.
For details, see https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions

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