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Docs: Clarify password protection support with keystore (elastic#28157)
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== Secure Settings
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Some settings are sensitive, and relying on filesystem permissions to protect
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their values is not sufficient. For this use case, elasticsearch provides a
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keystore, which may be password protected, and the `elasticsearch-keystore`
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tool to manage the settings in the keystore.
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their values is not sufficient. For this use case, Elasticsearch provides a
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keystore and the `elasticsearch-keystore` tool to manage the settings in the keystore.
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NOTE: All commands here should be run as the user which will run elasticsearch.
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NOTE: Only some settings are designed to be read from the keystore. See
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documentation for each setting to see if it is supported as part of the keystore.
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NOTE: All the modifications to the keystore take affect only after restarting
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Elasticsearch.
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NOTE: The elasticsearch keystore currently only provides obfuscation. In the future,
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password protection will be added.
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[[creating-keystore]]
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=== Creating the keystore

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