Elastic Search

How to Generate an API Key for Elasticsearch Elasticsearch provides robust security features, including API key authentication, which can be enabled to control access to your cluster. In this blog, we'll walk through the steps required to generate an API key in Elasticsearch by updating configurations and setting up authentication. Step 1: Enable Security in Elasticsearch To enable API key authentication, you need to modify the elasticsearch.yml configuration file and include the following settings: xpack.security.enabled: true xpack.security.authc.api_key.enabled: true These configurations ensure that security features and API key authentication are activated in your Elasticsearch instance. Step 2: Set Up Authentication If authentication was not previously enabled in your Elasticsearch setup, enabling security features will require setting a password for the elastic superuser. To reset and generate a new password for the elastic superuser, run the following command inside the E...