# Announcements **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=23 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 24 --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Httpbeat 3.2.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-3-2-0-released/71602)
**Author:** [@christiangalsterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christiangalsterer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-3-2-0-released/71602 "2017-01-14T11:25:31Z")
I'm happy to announce the availability of Httpbeat 3.2.0. 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. elasticsea… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] logstash-input-firebase released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-logstash-input-firebase-released/71331)
**Author:** [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-logstash-input-firebase-released/71331 "2017-01-12T07:35:24Z")
A new Logstash input plugin called logstash-input-firebase is now available to retrieve data out of your Firebase real-time databases. This plugin can work in two modes: 1. get mode: Retrieve the value of database ref… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] logstash-output-firebase released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-logstash-output-firebase-released/71396)
**Author:** [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-logstash-output-firebase-released/71396 "2017-01-12T15:19:49Z")
As promised earlier, a new Logstash output plugin called logstash-output-firebase is now available to sink event data to your Firebase real-time databases. This plugin supports the four REST operations provided by Fir… --- ## [Rally 0.4.8 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-8-released/71130)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-8-released/71130 "2017-01-10T18:01:54Z")
Today is Rally release day: We've just released Rally 0.4.8. How to...? ... upgrade: pip3 install --upgrade esrally ... install: pip3 install esrally Note: Depending on your system setup you probably need to prep… --- ## [Rally 0.4.7 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-7-released/71060)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-7-released/71060 "2017-01-10T10:24:54Z")
We've just released Rally 0.4.7. How to...? ... upgrade: pip3 install --upgrade esrally ... install: pip3 install esrally Note: Depending on your system setup you probably need to prepend these commands with sudo.… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Httpbeat 3.1.1 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-3-1-1-released/70843)
**Author:** [@christiangalsterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christiangalsterer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-3-1-1-released/70843 "2017-01-07T09:00:04Z")
I'm happy to announce the availability of Httpbeat 3.1.1. 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. elasticsea… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Httpbeat 3.1.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-3-1-0-released/69876)
**Author:** [@christiangalsterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christiangalsterer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-3-1-0-released/69876 "2016-12-23T06:35:40Z")
I'm happy to announce the availability of Httpbeat 3.1.0. 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. elasticsea… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Httpbeat 3.0.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-3-0-0-released/69359)
**Author:** [@christiangalsterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christiangalsterer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-3-0-0-released/69359 "2016-12-18T10:57:23Z")
I'm happy to announce the availability of Httpbeat 3.0.0. 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. elasticsea… --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.1.1 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-1-1-released/68463)
**Author:** [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-1-1-released/68463 "2016-12-08T18:02:15Z")
We are pleased to announce the availability of 5.1.1 for the Elastic Stack. Read the blog post here: https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-stack-5-1-1-released Please note that version 5.1.0 doesn’t exist because, for a … --- ## [Rally 0.4.6 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-6-released/68332)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-6-released/68332 "2016-12-07T16:46:00Z")
We've just released Rally 0.4.6. This release contains a few minor improvements to the track management: It allows you to define index templates and manage indices outside of Rally. The changelog contains the complete li… --- ## [Kibana 5.0.2 released with a fix for improper authentication](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-0-2-released-with-a-fix-for-improper-authentication/67527)
**Author:** [@Court](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Court)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-0-2-released-with-a-fix-for-improper-authentication/67527 "2016-11-29T17:14:19Z")
With X-Pack installed, operations in the Advanced Settings panel of the Management tab and operations from the short URL service were performed as the "Kibana Server" user regardless of the user that is currently authent… --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.0.2 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-0-2-released/67526)
**Author:** [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-0-2-released/67526 "2016-11-29T17:14:09Z")
Hi all, we are pleased to announce the availability of 5.0.2 for the Elastic Stack. This is a bug fix release and details are in the blogs here: https://www.elastic.co/blog/category/releases Please check the release … --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Execbeat 2.0.0 released supporting Beats 5.0.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-execbeat-2-0-0-released-supporting-beats-5-0-1/67242)
**Author:** [@christiangalsterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christiangalsterer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-execbeat-2-0-0-released-supporting-beats-5-0-1/67242 "2016-11-26T15:34:08Z")
I'm happy to announce the availability of Execbeat 2.0.0. 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… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Httpbeat 2.0.0 released supporting Beats 5.0.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-2-0-0-released-supporting-beats-5-0-1/67238)
**Author:** [@christiangalsterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christiangalsterer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-httpbeat-2-0-0-released-supporting-beats-5-0-1/67238 "2016-11-26T12:01:25Z")
I'm happy to announce the availability of Httpbeat 2.0.0. 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. elasticsea… --- ## [Kibana 5.0.1 and 4.6.3 released with a fix for an open redirect vulnerability](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-0-1-and-4-6-3-released-with-a-fix-for-an-open-redirect-vulnerability/66142)
**Author:** [@Court](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Court)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-0-1-and-4-6-3-released-with-a-fix-for-an-open-redirect-vulnerability/66142 "2016-11-15T18:13:19Z")
Kibana versions 5.0.1 and 4.6.3 fix an open redirect vulnerability in the short URL feature that would allow an attacker to create a redirect from the Kibana domain to a different website. We’ve assigned this vulnerabili… --- ## [Elasticsearch 2.4.2 and 1.7.6 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-2-4-2-and-1-7-6-released/66904)
**Author:** [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-2-4-2-and-1-7-6-released/66904 "2016-11-22T18:29:45Z")
Today we are pleased to announce bug fix releases of Elasticsearch 2.4.2 and Elasticsearch 1.7.6. This is the final release in the 1.x series. These releases are already available for deployment on Elastic Cloud, our Ela… --- ## [Rally 0.4.5 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-5-released/66863)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-5-released/66863 "2016-11-22T13:53:22Z")
We've just released Rally 0.4.5. Thanks to your continued reports we could add several improvements in this release. Highlights You can now run operations for a specific amount of time Rally continues the benchmark … --- ## [Logstash 5.0.1 released with a security patch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-0-1-released-with-a-security-patch/66156)
**Author:** [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-0-1-released-with-a-security-patch/66156 "2016-11-15T19:02:53Z")
Hi all, we would like to announce that Logstash 5.0.1 has been released with an important security patch. Prior to Logstash version 5.0.1, Elasticsearch Output plugin when updating connections after sniffing, would log t… --- ## [Elastic Stack 5.0.1 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-0-1-released/66147)
**Author:** [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-0-1-released/66147 "2016-11-15T18:20:54Z")
Hi all, we are pleased to announce the availability of 5.0.1 for the Elastic Stack. This is a bug fix release and details are in the blogs here: https://www.elastic.co/blog/category/releases --- ## [\[Announcement\] ElasticUtils for simplified Access to the Elasticsearch Java API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticutils-for-simplified-access-to-the-elasticsearch-java-api/65882)
**Author:** [@bytefish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bytefish)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticutils-for-simplified-access-to-the-elasticsearch-java-api/65882 "2016-11-12T16:21:38Z")
I would like to announce ElasticUtils, which is a Java library for Elasticsearch 2.3 and 5.0.0: https://github.com/bytefish/ElasticUtils The library provides easy access to the Elasticsearch Mapping and Bulk API in El… --- ## [Rally 0.4.4 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-4-released/65194)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-4-released/65194 "2016-11-07T09:50:01Z")
We've just released Rally 0.4.4. Thanks to your continued reports we could fix several bugs and improve usability in this release. The highlights include: You can now plug in your own data sources and also run any o… --- ## [🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Elastic Stack 5.0 is HERE!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-0-is-here/64024)
**Author:** [@michelle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michelle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-0-is-here/64024 "2016-12-15T20:17:17Z")
:tada::tada::tada::tada::tada: Elastic Stack 5.0 is HERE! Learn all about the now-available and production-ready 5.0 versions of Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash, and X-Pack in the release blog posts. You can s… --- ## [Kibana 4.6.2 released with a security fix for an XSS vulnerability](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-6-2-released-with-a-security-fix-for-an-xss-vulnerability/63807)
**Author:** [@Court](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Court)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-6-2-released-with-a-security-fix-for-an-xss-vulnerability/63807 "2016-10-24T22:00:46Z")
Today, we've published Kibana 4.6.2 as a security release with a fix for an XSS vulnerability with field formatters. Any users of Kibana versions 4.3 to 4.6 are encouraged to update to 4.6.2 immediately. Kibana version 4… --- ## [Kibana 4.6.2 released with a fix for an XSS vulnerability](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-6-2-released-with-a-fix-for-an-xss-vulnerability/63805)
**Author:** [@Court](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Court)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-6-2-released-with-a-fix-for-an-xss-vulnerability/63805 "2016-10-24T21:45:34Z")
Today, we've published Kibana 4.6.2 as a security release with a fix for an XSS vulnerability with field formatters. Any users of Kibana versions 4.3 to 4.6 are encouraged to update to 4.6.2 immediately. Kibana version… --- ## [Rally 0.4.3 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-3-released/63046)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-3-released/63046 "2016-10-14T10:34:59Z")
We've just released Rally 0.4.3. This release fixes several minor bugs and improves usability. The most notable new feature is support for HTTP proxies (see the user docs on how to set it up). All users are recommended t… --- ## [Rally 0.4.2 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-2-released/62708)
**Author:** [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-4-2-released/62708 "2016-10-11T12:34:37Z")
We've just released Rally 0.4.2. This release fixes several minor bugs and improves usability a bit. All users are recommended to upgrade to this version. How to...? ... upgrade: pip3 install --upgrade esrally ... i… --- ## [The first Elastic Stack 5.0 release candidate is here!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-first-elastic-stack-5-0-release-candidate-is-here/62653)
**Author:** [@michelle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michelle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-first-elastic-stack-5-0-release-candidate-is-here/62653 "2016-10-26T15:34:52Z")
The first Elastic Stack 5.0 release candidate is here! The 5.0.0 release candidates of Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, Kibana, and X-Pack are now available to download and test! Learn about the releases here. As you… --- ## [Elastic Graph Recommender Systems Demo](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-graph-recommender-systems-demo/62404)
**Author:** [@softwaredoug](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/softwaredoug)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-graph-recommender-systems-demo/62404 "2016-10-06T15:52:57Z")
Our team at OpenSource Connections has put together a demo highlighting Elastic Graph's ability as a recommendation systems platform. We believe that open source search tech like Elasticsearch will be the future for rec… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] REST API Client for Rust](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-rest-api-client-for-rust/61230)
**Author:** [@KodrAus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KodrAus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-rest-api-client-for-rust/61230 "2016-09-22T10:03:48Z")
Howdy everyone! I've been working hard on a REST API client for the Rust language for a while now and thought it was time for an update. I've implemented client functionality as a bunch of orthogonal 'crates' or libr… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] New release of logstashbeat for Logstash 5.0.0-beta1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-new-release-of-logstashbeat-for-logstash-5-0-0-beta1/61333)
**Author:** [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-new-release-of-logstashbeat-for-logstash-5-0-0-beta1/61333 "2016-09-23T05:01:17Z")
Logstash 5.0.0-beta1 has been released yesterday. The Monitoring API has been cleaned up some more and a few additional fixes are in the pipe. This release includes the handling of some additional data in the /\_node/st… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=22) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=24)