ElasticSearch Encryption

Kailash_Karki · October 21, 2019, 7:08am

Hi,
I am new to elastic search.
I want to encrypt all the data that I have saved in indices, my confusion is that, if I encrypt the data will I able to search for data or not? what approach should I follow to encrypt the data and search that?

dadoonet · October 21, 2019, 10:10am

No. If you store encrypted data in elasticsearch you won't be able to run a full text search on it.

Kailash_Karki · October 22, 2019, 10:57am

Thanks for your quick reply.
Do you have any idea if I use AWS KMS for elastic search, will that encrypt my data or they just encrypt disk?

dadoonet · October 22, 2019, 12:06pm

Probably the disk.

See also here: Encryption at rest support in x-pack platinum

Kailash_Karki · October 23, 2019, 5:50am

Thanks David.

system · November 20, 2019, 5:50am

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