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[[node-certificates]]
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==== Generating Node Certificates
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TLS requires X.509 certificates to perform encryption and authentication of the
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application that is being communicated with. In order for the communication
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between nodes to be truly secure, the certificates must be validated. The
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recommended approach for validating certificate authenticity in a {es} cluster
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is to trust the certificate authority (CA) that signed the certificate. By doing
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this, as nodes are added to your cluster they just need to use a certificate
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signed by the same CA and the node is automatically allowed to join the cluster.
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Additionally, it is recommended that the certificates contain subject alternative
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names (SAN) that correspond to the node's IP address and DNS name so that
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hostname verification can be performed.
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In order to simplify the process of generating certificates for the Elastic
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Stack, a command line tool, {ref}/certutil.html[`certutil`] has been included
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with {xpack}. This tool takes care of generating a CA and signing certificates
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with the CA. `certutil` can be used interactively or in a silent mode through
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the use of an input file. The `certutil` tool also supports generation of
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certificate signing requests (CSR), so that a commercial- or
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organization-specific CA can be used to sign the certificates. For example:
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. Optional: Create a certificate authority for your {es} cluster.
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For example, use the `certutil ca` command:
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[source,shell]
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bin/x-pack/certutil ca
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You can configure the cluster to trust all nodes that have a certificate that
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has been signed by this CA.
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The command outputs a single file, with a default name of `elastic-stack-ca.p12`.
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This file is a PKCS#12 keystore that contains the public certificate for your CA
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and the private key that is used to sign the certificates for each node.
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The `certutil` command also prompts you for a password to protect the file and
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key. If you plan to add more nodes to your cluster in the future, retain a copy
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of the file and remember its password.
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--
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. Generate a certificate and private key for for each node in your cluster.
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For example, use the `certutil cert` command:
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[source,shell]
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bin/x-pack/certutil cert --ca elastic-stack-ca.p12
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The output is a single PKCS#12 keystore that includes the node certificate, node
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key, and CA certificate.
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You are also prompted for a password. You can enter a password for your
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certificate and key, or you can leave the password blank by pressing Enter.
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By default `certutil` generates certificates that have no hostname information
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in them (that is, they do not have any Subject Alternative Name fields).
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This means that you can use the certificate for every node in your cluster, but
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you must turn off hostname verification as shown in the configuration below.
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If you want to use hostname verification within your cluster, run the
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`certutil cert` command once for each of your nodes and provide the `--name`,
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`--dns` and `--ip` options.
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NOTE: You should secure the output files, since they contain the private keys
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for your instance.
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Alternatively, if you want to use a commercial or organization-specific CA,
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you can use the `certutil csr` command to generate certificate signing requests
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(CSR) for the nodes in your cluster. For more information, see <<certutil>>.
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. Copy the node certificate to the appropriate locations.
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Copy the applicable `.p12` file into a directory within the {es} configuration
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directory on each node. For example, `/home/es/config/certs`. There is no need
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to copy the CA file to this directory.
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For each additional Elastic product that you want to configure, copy the
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certificates to the relevant configuration directory.
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NOTE: If you choose not to use `certutil`, the certificates that you obtain must
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allow for both `clientAuth` and `serverAuth` if the extended key usage extension
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is present. The certificates need to be in PEM or PKCS#12 format. Although not
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required, it is highly recommended that the certificate contain the DNS names
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and/or IP addresses of the node so that hostname verification can be used.
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