From 73a0a9d0e0b1c7ef0f756e6ee2d4007d4de78378 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20C=C3=B4t=C3=A9?= Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:19:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fix alerting documentation encryption key requirement (#63512) * Fix documentation to indicate encryption key config required regardless if security is used or not * Update docs/user/alerting/index.asciidoc Co-Authored-By: gchaps <33642766+gchaps@users.noreply.github.com> * Update docs/user/alerting/index.asciidoc Co-Authored-By: gchaps <33642766+gchaps@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: gchaps <33642766+gchaps@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/user/alerting/index.asciidoc | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/user/alerting/index.asciidoc b/docs/user/alerting/index.asciidoc index f556cf71bf06c..df11f5f03a7de 100644 --- a/docs/user/alerting/index.asciidoc +++ b/docs/user/alerting/index.asciidoc @@ -154,10 +154,13 @@ Pre-packaged *alert types* simplify setup, hide the details complex domain-speci [[alerting-setup-prerequisites]] == Setup and prerequisites +If you are using an *on-premises* Elastic Stack deployment: + +* In the kibana.yml configuration file, add the <> setting. + If you are using an *on-premises* Elastic Stack deployment with <>: -* TLS must be configured for communication <>. {kib} alerting uses <> to secure background alert checks and actions, and API keys require {ref}/configuring-tls.html#tls-http[TLS on the HTTP interface]. -* In the kibana.yml configuration file, add the <> +* Transport Layer Security (TLS) must be configured for communication <>. {kib} alerting uses <> to secure background alert checks and actions, and API keys require {ref}/configuring-tls.html#tls-http[TLS on the HTTP interface]. [float] [[alerting-security]]