# Announcements **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=20 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 21 --- ## [🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 The Elastic Stack 6.0 is here!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-elastic-stack-6-0-is-here/107618)
**Author:** [@michelle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michelle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-elastic-stack-6-0-is-here/107618 "2017-11-14T19:59:14Z")
:tada::tada::tada::tada::tada::tada: The Elastic Stack 6.0 is HERE! Learn all about the latest major stack release (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats), as well as ES-Hadoop, major X-Pack improvements, and more … --- ## [Elasticsearch Curator 5.4.0 supports Elasticsearch 6.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-5-4-0-supports-elasticsearch-6-0/107613)
**Author:** [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-5-4-0-supports-elasticsearch-6-0/107613 "2017-11-14T19:41:01Z")
Small announcement to add to today's release of Elasticsearch 6.0: Elasticsearch Curator 5.4.0 is out, and it supports Elasticsearch versions 5.x and 6.0. Release notes: https://github.com/elastic/curator/releases/tag/… --- ## [Rally 0.7.4 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-7-4-released/106867)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-7-4-released/106867 "2017-11-08T12:47:46Z")
We have just released Rally 0.7.4. We have fixed several bugs and improved usability in this release. If you use a dedicated Elasticsearch metrics store, Rally will now send metrics while the benchmark is running (once … --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.6.4 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-4-released/106740)
**Author:** [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-4-released/106740 "2017-11-07T19:04:01Z")
Hi all, We’ve just released version 5.6.4 of the Elastic Stack. This is a bug fix release; please see the release notes/blogs for each product to get the details. You can find the individual blog posts here: https://ww… --- ## [Beats 5.6.4 security update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-5-6-4-security-update/106739)
**Author:** [@joshbressers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshbressers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-5-6-4-security-update/106739 "2017-11-07T19:02:16Z")
Packetbeat denial of service (ESA-2017-21) Packetbeat versions prior to 5.6.4 are affected by a denial of service flaw in the PostgreSQL protocol handler. If Packetbeat is listening for PostgreSQL traffic and a user is … --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Httpbeat 4.1.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-4-1-0-released/105999)
**Author:** [@christiangalsterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christiangalsterer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-4-1-0-released/105999 "2017-11-01T08:21:16Z")
I'm happy to announce the availability of Httpbeat 4.1.0 Httpbeat is a Beat which polls HTTP endpoints in a regular interval and sends the HTTP request and response as an event to a configured shipper, e.g. elasticsearc… --- ## [Rally 0.7.3 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-7-3-released/104219)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-7-3-released/104219 "2017-10-17T09:44:56Z")
We have just released Rally 0.7.3. With this release Rally is fully compatible with Java 9. You can also more easily create new tracks. With the new parameter --track-path you can just reference a track file directly in… --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.6.3 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-3-released/103408)
**Author:** [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-3-released/103408 "2017-10-10T16:49:10Z")
Hi all, We’ve just released version 5.6.3 of the Elastic Stack. This is a bug fix release; please see the release notes/blogs for each product to get the details. You can find the individual blog posts here: https://ww… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Execbeat 3.3.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-execbeat-3-3-0-released/103054)
**Author:** [@christiangalsterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christiangalsterer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-execbeat-3-3-0-released/103054 "2017-10-06T17:33:47Z")
I'm happy to announce the availability of Execbeat 3.3.0 Execbeat is a Beat which executes (shell) commands in a regular interval and sends the standard output and standard error as an event to a configured shipper, e.g… --- ## [Logstash-input-reqsample, a plugin for randomly generating log data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-reqsample-a-plugin-for-randomly-generating-log-data/102442)
**Author:** [@tylerjl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylerjl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-reqsample-a-plugin-for-randomly-generating-log-data/102442 "2017-10-02T14:29:03Z")
I've been setting up some stacks lately for testing/example dashboards and couldn't easily come up with sample data, so I wrote a tiny Ruby library called reqsample and accompanying Logstash input plugin to create random… --- ## [Elastic Stack 6.0.0-rc1 is here!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-0-0-rc1-is-here/102165)
**Author:** [@asawari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asawari)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-0-0-rc1-is-here/102165 "2017-09-28T18:45:00Z")
Elastic Stack 6.0.0-rc1 is here! The 6.0.0-rc1 of Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, Kibana, and X-Pack are now available to download and test! Learn about what’s coming in 6.0: https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-stack-6-… --- ## [Cloudwatchmetric beat - a beat for AWS CloudWatch metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatchmetric-beat-a-beat-for-aws-cloudwatch-metrics/102016)
**Author:** [@phillbaker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phillbaker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatchmetric-beat-a-beat-for-aws-cloudwatch-metrics/102016 "2017-09-27T17:55:46Z")
Hi all, I’m happy to announce that we released Cloudwatchmetric beat, a Beats plugin for pulling Cloudwatch metric data into elasticsearch. (We had seen similar beats for cloudwatch logs and other AWS data sources, but… --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.6.2 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-2-released/101885)
**Author:** [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-2-released/101885 "2017-09-26T17:00:35Z")
Hi all, We’ve just released version 5.6.2 of the Elastic Stack. This is a bug fix release; please see the release notes/blogs for each product to get the details. You can find the individual blog posts here: https://ww… --- ## [X-Pack Alerting and Kibana 5.6.1 security update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884)
**Author:** [@joshbressers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshbressers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884 "2017-09-26T16:56:25Z")
X-Pack alerting privileged user multiple issues An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack alerting whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user gaining el… --- ## [A survey on modules, data sources and ingestion experience](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-survey-on-modules-data-sources-and-ingestion-experience/100934)
**Author:** [@asawari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asawari)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-survey-on-modules-data-sources-and-ingestion-experience/100934 "2017-09-18T20:57:41Z")
Modules (in Beats & Logstash) are built on the premise that simple things should be simple. They let you go from raw data to dashboards for common data sources in literally minutes. Run 1 command and instantly start expl… --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.6.1 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-1-released/100906)
**Author:** [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-1-released/100906 "2017-09-18T17:30:16Z")
Hi all, We’ve just released version 5.6.1 of the Elastic Stack. This is a bug fix release; please see the release notes/blogs for each product to get the details. You can find the individual blog posts here: https://ww… --- ## [Rally 0.7.2 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-7-2-released/100863)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-7-2-released/100863 "2017-09-18T11:36:43Z")
We have just released Rally 0.7.2. In this release we have prepared Rally for the upcoming Java 9 release (#265), we have simplified the configuration when you use Rally across multiple nodes (#315) and have fixed a coup… --- ## [Hibernate Search now compatible with Elasticsearch versions 2.0 to 5.6](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hibernate-search-now-compatible-with-elasticsearch-versions-2-0-to-5-6/100677)
**Author:** [@Sanne](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sanne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hibernate-search-now-compatible-with-elasticsearch-versions-2-0-to-5-6/100677 "2017-09-15T12:05:20Z")
Hello everyone, the Hibernate community released a new version of Hibernate Search: 5.8.0.Final The highlight is that it's now compatible with all versions of Elasticsearch from version 2.0 to 5.6! And of course we al… --- ## [Elastic Cloud Enterprise 1.0.2 security update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-1-0-2-security-update/100247)
**Author:** [@joshbressers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshbressers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-1-0-2-security-update/100247 "2017-09-12T18:20:46Z")
Elastic Cloud Enterprise unsecured communication (ESA-2017-13) The client-forwarder in Elastic Cloud Enterprise versions prior to 1.0.2 do not properly encrypt traffic to ZooKeeper. If an attacker is able to man in the … --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.5.3 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-5-3-released/100098)
**Author:** [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-5-3-released/100098 "2017-09-11T16:47:34Z")
Hi all, We’ve just released version 5.5.3 of the Elastic Stack. This is a bug fix release; please see the release notes/blogs for each product to get the details. You can find the individual blog posts here: https://ww… --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.6.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-0-released/100096)
**Author:** [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-6-0-released/100096 "2017-09-11T16:47:08Z")
Hi all, We’ve just released version 5.6.0 of the Elastic Stack. You can find the individual blog posts here: https://www.elastic.co/blog/category/releases Downloads: https://www.elastic.co/downloads --- ## [X-Pack Security 5.6.0 and 5.5.3 security update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-6-0-and-5-5-3-security-update/100089)
**Author:** [@joshbressers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshbressers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-6-0-and-5-5-3-security-update/100089 "2017-09-11T16:20:20Z")
X-Pack Security permission issue (ESA-2017-18) An error was found in the X-Pack Security privilege enforcement. If a user has either ‘delete’ or ‘index’ permissions on an index in a cluster, they may be able to issue bo… --- ## [📣📣 Submit to speak at Elastic{ON} 2018!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/submit-to-speak-at-elastic-on-2018/99749)
**Author:** [@michelle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michelle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/submit-to-speak-at-elastic-on-2018/99749 "2017-09-07T17:14:57Z")
:mega::mega: Submit to speak at Elastic{ON} 2018! The call for presentations is now open for Elastic{ON} 2018! We’ve made some tweaks to the process this year, and are excited to add CFP office hours and some addition… --- ## [Elastic Stack 6.0.0-beta2 is here!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-0-0-beta2-is-here/99020)
**Author:** [@asawari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asawari)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-0-0-beta2-is-here/99020 "2017-08-31T15:12:45Z")
Elastic Stack 6.0.0-beta2 is here! The 6.0.0-beta2 Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, Kibana, and X-Pack are now available to download and test! Learn about what’s coming in 6.0: And then try them out today! Download th… --- ## [Reveal, a Logstash plugin for robot detection and traffic intelligence](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reveal-a-logstash-plugin-for-robot-detection-and-traffic-intelligence/98573)
**Author:** [@znarf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/znarf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reveal-a-logstash-plugin-for-robot-detection-and-traffic-intelligence/98573 "2017-08-28T14:01:56Z")
Hi everyone, At Access Watch, we released last week Reveal, a new product that bring robot detection and traffic intelligence to your log pipeline. I’m super happy to share with you that Reveal is now available as a Log… --- ## [Rally 0.7.1 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-7-1-released/98184)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2017, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-7-1-released/98184 "2017-08-24T08:32:30Z")
We have just released Rally 0.7.1. Rally is now able to use multiple machines to generate load. We’ve also improved Rally’s resiliency if it cannot gather certain cluster metadata. How to…? … upgrade: pip3 install --up… --- ## [First stable release of Kafkabeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/first-stable-release-of-kafkabeat/97742)
**Author:** [@makkes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makkes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/first-stable-release-of-kafkabeat/97742 "2017-08-21T09:59:31Z")
Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce that we published the first stable release of Kafkabeat, a Beats plugin for reading from Kafka. We appreciate your feedback! --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.5.2 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-5-2-released/97466)
**Author:** [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-5-2-released/97466 "2017-08-17T18:41:00Z")
Hi all, We’ve just released version 5.5.2 of the Elastic Stack. This is a bug fix release; please see the release notes/blogs for each product to get the details. You can find the individual blog posts here: https://ww… --- ## [X-Pack Security 5.5.2 security update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-5-2-security-update/97463)
**Author:** [@joshbressers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshbressers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-5-2-security-update/97463 "2017-08-17T17:34:44Z")
X-Pack Security TLS certificate verification error (ESA-2017-15) An error was found in the X-Pack Security TLS trust manager for versions 5.0.0 to 5.5.1. If reloading the trust material fails the trust manager will be r… --- ## [Kibana 5.5.2 and 4.6.5 security update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-2-and-4-6-5-security-update/97462)
**Author:** [@joshbressers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshbressers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-2-and-4-6-5-security-update/97462 "2017-08-17T17:32:58Z")
Kibana markdown parser Cross Site Scripting (XSS) error (ESA-2017-16) Kibana versions prior to 5.5.2 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the markdown parser that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=19) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=21)