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Encrypt the Elasticsearch Transport Network
No matter what technology we are working with, we always need to be mindful of security. Big data platforms are certainly no exception, as they can contain massive amounts of sensitive data that must be protected. Elasticsearch has made securing your cluster very easy with native security configurations and tools to ensure that your data is only accessible to authorized users. In this hands-on lab, you will do the following: * Encrypt the transport network of an Elasticsearch cluster * Enable user authentication in Elasticsearch * Set built-in Elasticsearch user passwords

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Challenge
Configure transport network encryption.
Using the Secure Shell (SSH), log in to each node as
cloud_user
via the public IP address.Become the
root
user with:sudo su -
Add the following to
/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
on each node:# --------------------------------- Security ----------------------------------- # xpack.security.enabled: true xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode: certificate xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path: certificate.p12 xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.path: certificate.p12
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Challenge
Restart Elasticsearch.
Start Elasticsearch with:
systemctl start elasticsearch
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Challenge
Set the password for each built-in user.
Set the built-in user passwords using the
elasticsearch-setup-passwords
utility on the master-1 node:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive
Use the following passwords:
User: elastic Password: elastic_566 User: apm_system Password: apm_system_566 User: kibana Password: kibana_566 User: logstash_system Password: logstash_system_566 User: beats_system Password: beats_system_566 User: remote_monitoring_user Password: remote_monitoring_user_566
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