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Configuring Authentication Credentials for Winlogbeat
editConfiguring Authentication Credentials for Winlogbeat
editWhen sending data to a secured cluster through the elasticsearch
output, Winlogbeat must either provide basic authentication credentials
or present a client certificate.
To configure authentication credentials for Winlogbeat:
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Create a role that has the
manage_index_templates
andmonitor
cluster privileges, andread
,write
, andcreate_index
privileges for the indices that Winlogbeat creates. You can create roles from the Management / Roles UI in Kibana or through therole
API. For example, the following request creates awinlogbeat_writer
role: -
Assign the writer role to the user that Winlogbeat will use to connect to Elasticsearch:
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To authenticate as a native user, create a user for the Winlogbeat to use internally and assign it the writer role. You can create users from the Management / Users UI in Kibana or through the
user
API. For example, the following request creates awinlogbeat_internal
user that has thewinlogbeat_writer
role:POST /_xpack/security/user/winlogbeat_internal { "password" : "x-pack-test-password", "roles" : [ "winlogbeat_writer"], "full_name" : "Internal Winlogbeat User" }
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To authenticate using PKI authentication, assign the writer role to the internal Winlogbeat user in the
role_mapping.yml
configuration file. Specify the user by the distinguished name that appears in its certificate.winlogbeat_writer: - "cn=Internal Winlogbeat User,ou=example,o=com"
For more information, see Using Role Mapping Files.
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Configure authentication credentials for the
elasticsearch
output in the Winlogbeat configuration file:-
To use basic authentication, configure the
username
andpassword
settings. For example, the following Winlogbeat output configuration uses the nativewinlogbeat_internal
user to connect to Elasticsearch:output.elasticsearch: hosts: ["localhost:9200"] index: "winlogbeat" username: "winlogbeat_internal" password: "x-pack-test-password"
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To use PKI authentication, configure the
certificate
andkey
settings:
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