I'm using x-pack to secure ELK stack , I don't want to specify plain text "username" and "password" in logstash.conf for elasticsearch output plugin. Is there any way to do that? output { elasticsearch { hosts => "hostname" user => "username" password => "password" ssl => true ssl_certif…

X-pack supports PKI based authentication. I have implemented that.If anyone looking for some sort of certificate based solution then check this link pki Anyway thanks for your reply.

Encrypt / secure Elasticsearch's password in logstash.conf file

Elastic Stack Logstash

simmel (Simon Lundström) December 20, 2017, 10:54am 2

You could always put the password as an environment variable, see
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.1/environment-variables.html

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Encrypt / secure Elasticsearch's password in logstash.conf file

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