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[[encrypting-data]]
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== Encrypting Sensitive Data in {watcher}
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Watches might have access to sensitive data such as HTTP basic authentication
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information or details about your SMTP email service. You can encrypt this
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data by generating a key and adding some secure settings on each node in your
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cluster.
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Every `password` field that is used in your watch within a HTTP basic
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authentication block - for example within a webhook, a HTTP input or when using
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the reporting email attachment - will not be stored as plain text anymore. Also
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be aware, that there is no way to configure your own fields in a watch to be
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encrypted.
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To encrypt sensitive data in {watcher}:
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. Use the {ref}/syskeygen.html[elasticsearch-syskeygen] command to create a system key file.
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. Copy the `system_key` file to all of the nodes in your cluster.
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+
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--
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IMPORTANT: The system key is a symmetric key, so the same key must be used on
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every node in the cluster.
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--
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. Set the
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{ref}/notification-settings.html[`xpack.watcher.encrypt_sensitive_data` setting]:
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--
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[source,sh]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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xpack.watcher.encrypt_sensitive_data: true
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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--
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. Set the
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{ref}/notification-settings.html[`xpack.watcher.encryption_key` setting] in the
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{ref}/secure-settings.html[{es} keystore] on each node in the cluster.
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--
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For example, run the following command to import the `system_key` file on
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each node:
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[source,sh]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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bin/elasticsearch-keystore add-file xpack.watcher.encryption_key <filepath>/system_key
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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--
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. Delete the `system_key` file on each node in the cluster.
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NOTE: Existing watches are not affected by these changes. Only watches that you
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create after following these steps have encryption enabled.
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