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- Security
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A new bootstrap check enforces that default passwords are disabled for the
built-in users when running in
production mode.
You must set
xpack.security.authc.accept_default_password
tofalse
in yourelasticsearch.yml
. For more information, see Security settings and Setting Up User Authentication. - A new configuration setting is available to disable support for the default password ("changeme"). For more information, see Disable Default Password Functionality.
-
A new bootstrap check enforces that default passwords are disabled for the
built-in users when running in
production mode.
You must set
- Watcher
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- The built-in HTTP client used in webhooks, the http input and the http email attachment has been replaced. This results in the need to always escape all parts of an URL.
- The new built-in HTTP client also enforces a maximum request size, which defaults to 10mb.
- Watcher
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- The HTTP client respects timeouts now and does not get stuck leading to stuck watches
See also: