Clear text password exposed in environment

./elasticsearch/config/node1/elasticsearch.yml contains plain text for the following sensitive data:
xpack.ssl.keystore.password:
xpack.ssl.truststore.password:
Can those parameter be encrypted?

For now, you need to configure proper permissions on the YAML file, so that it is not readable by other users.

In the future you might be able to specify a password on node startup (this comes with a few caveats), feel free to take a look at the github issue at https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/32691

Thanks Alexander :slight_smile:

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