From b9e5372d88024cf721391171c5a418fb2d70225d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Lecour Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:18:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Elasticsearch: security information in the README --- elasticsearch/README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/elasticsearch/README.md b/elasticsearch/README.md index ce7e6b72..176a70c3 100644 --- a/elasticsearch/README.md +++ b/elasticsearch/README.md @@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ Tasks are extracted in several files, included in `tasks/main.yml` : * `elasticsearch_network_publish_host`: which interface to publish ; * `elasticsearch_custom_datadir`: custom datadir * `elasticsearch_custom_tmpdir`: custom tmpdir + +By default, Elasticsearch will listen to the public interfaces (`_site_` cf. https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/important-settings.html#network.host), so you will have to secure it, with firewall rules for example.