Secure communication with the Elastic Stack
editSecure communication with the Elastic Stack
editThis documentation only applies to the APM Server binary.
Use role-based access control or API keys to grant APM Server users access to secured resources.
Role-based access
editManage access on a feature-by-feature basis by creating several custom feature-related roles and assigning one or more of these roles to each APM Server user based on which features they need to access.
Read more in Use feature roles →
API keys
editInstead of using usernames and passwords, you can use API keys to grant access to Elasticsearch resources. You can set API keys to expire at a certain time, and you can explicitly invalidate them.
Read more in Grant access using API keys →
More resources
editAfter privileged users have been created, use authentication to connect to a secured Elastic cluster.
For secure communication between APM Server and APM Agents, see With APM agents.
A reference of all available SSL configuration settings is also available.