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- Security
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- A new bootstrap check enforces that TLS/SSL is required for inter-node communication when running in production mode. See Encrypting Communications.
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A new bootstrap check enforces that HTTPS is used by the built-in token
service when running in
production mode.
To disable the token service, set
xpack.security.authc.token.enabledtofalsein yourelasticsearch.yml. See Token Service Settings.