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ElasticSearch cluster SSL/TLS configuration

ElasticSearch X-pack documentation a good description on how to secure your ElasticSearch cluster using SSL/TLS.
I used certgen to generate certificates for all the nodes as below:

  1. Create a instances.yml file:
    vim /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/config/x-pack/instances.yml

    instances:
  - name: "hostname-00"
    ip:
      - "192.126.0.163"
      - "192.0.2.2"
      - "198.51.100.1"
    dns:
      - "hostname-00"
      - "hostname-00.mydomain.name"
  - name: "hostname-01"
    ip:
      - "192.126.0.164"
    dns:
      - "hostname-01"
      - "hostname-01.mydomain.name"
  - name: "hostname-02"
  - name: "CN=hostname-03,C=GB,ST=Greater London,L=London,O=OrgName,OU=OrgUnit,DC=mydomain,DC=com"
    dns:
      - "hostname-03.mydomain.name"
      - "hostname-03.internal"
      - "hostname-03"
  2. Run below command to generate a CA certificate and private key as well as certificates and private keys for the instances that are listed in the YAML file:
    /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/bin/x-pack/certgen --days 3650 --keysize 2048 --in /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/config/x-pack/instances.yml --out /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/config/x-pack/certificate-bundle.zip
cd /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/config/x-pack/
unzip certificate-bundle.zip -d ./certificate-bundle/
    Please check certgen page for all available options.
  3. If you have already got CA certificate and key, then you can use it to sign all the generated certificates:
    /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/bin/x-pack/certgen --days 3650 --keysize 2048 --in /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/config/x-pack/instances.yml --out /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/config/x-pack/certificate-bundle.zip --cert /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/config/x-pack/certificate-bundle/ca/ca.crt --key /work/elk/elasticsearch-5.6.2/config/x-pack/certificate-bundle/ca/ca.key
    This comes in handy, when you later decide to add new nodes or clients to your cluster.
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