HTTP settings and TLS SANs

Change Kubernetes service type

The default service (<cluster_name>-es-http) created by the operator is a ClusterIP service that makes the Elasticsearch cluster accessible from within the Kubernetes cluster. You can change the service type by updating the spec.http.service.spec.type field as follows:

apiVersion: elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/v1
kind: Elasticsearch
metadata:
  name: quickstart
spec:
  version: 8.16.0
  http:
    service:
      spec:
        type: LoadBalancer
  nodeSets:
  - name: default
    count: 3

Refer to the Kubernetes service types documentation for more information about different service types available.

When you change the clusterIP setting of the service, ECK will delete and re-create the service as clusterIP is an immutable field. Depending on your client implementation, this might result in a short disruption until the service DNS entries refresh to point to the new endpoints.

Change exposed Elasticsearch nodes

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By default, the service created by the operator encompasses all Elasticsearch nodes in the cluster. If you prefer to restrict the set of accessible Elasticsearch nodes, you can do so by specifying a new selector. For example, to exclude master nodes from receiving requests, override the service definition as follows:

apiVersion: elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/v1
kind: Elasticsearch
metadata:
  name: quickstart
spec:
  version: 8.16.0
  http:
    service:
      spec:
        selector:
          elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/cluster-name: "quickstart"
          elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/node-master: "false"
  nodeSets:
  - name: master
    count: 1
    config:
      node.roles: ["master"]
  - name: data
    count: 5
    config:
      node.roles: ["data"]

See Traffic Splitting for information about more advanced traffic-splitting configurations.

Customize the self-signed certificate

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The operator generates a self-signed TLS certificate to secure the Elasticsearch HTTP layer. You can add extra IP addresses or DNS names to the generated certificate as follows:

apiVersion: elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/v1
kind: Elasticsearch
metadata:
  name: quickstart
spec:
  version: 8.16.0
  http:
    tls:
      selfSignedCertificate:
        subjectAltNames:
        - ip: 1.2.3.4
        - dns: hulk.example.com
  nodeSets:
  - name: default
    count: 3

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