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Configure SSL

You can specify SSL options when you configure:

Example output config with SSL enabled:

output.elasticsearch.hosts: ["https://192.168.1.42:9200"]
output.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/client/ca.pem"]
output.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate: "/etc/client/cert.pem"
output.elasticsearch.ssl.key: "/etc/client/cert.key"

Also see Secure communication with Logstash.

Example Kibana endpoint config with SSL enabled:

setup.kibana.host: "https://192.0.2.255:5601"
setup.kibana.ssl.enabled: true
setup.kibana.ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/client/ca.pem"]
setup.kibana.ssl.certificate: "/etc/client/cert.pem"
setup.kibana.ssl.key: "/etc/client/cert.key"

There are a number of SSL configuration options available to you:

Common SSL configuration options can be used in both client and server configurations. You can specify the following options in the ssl section of each subsystem that supports SSL.

To disable SSL configuration, set the value to false. The default value is true.

Note

SSL settings are disabled if either enabled is set to false or the ssl section is missing.

List of allowed SSL/TLS versions. If SSL/TLS server decides for protocol versions not configured, the connection will be dropped during or after the handshake. The setting is a list of allowed protocol versions: TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2, and TLSv1.3.

The default value is [TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3].

The list of cipher suites to use. The first entry has the highest priority. If this option is omitted, the Go crypto library’s default suites are used (recommended).

Note that if TLS 1.3 is enabled (which is true by default), then the default TLS 1.3 cipher suites are always included, because Go’s standard library adds them to all connections. In order to exclude the default TLS 1.3 ciphers, TLS 1.3 must also be disabled, e.g. with the setting ssl.supported_protocols = [TLSv1.2].

The following cipher suites are available:

Cypher Notes
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES-128-CBC-SHA
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES-128-CBC-SHA256 TLS 1.2 only. Disabled by default.
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES-128-GCM-SHA256 TLS 1.2 only.
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES-256-CBC-SHA
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES-256-GCM-SHA384 TLS 1.2 only.
ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 TLS 1.2 only.
ECDHE-ECDSA-RC4-128-SHA Disabled by default. RC4 not recommended.
ECDHE-RSA-3DES-CBC3-SHA
ECDHE-RSA-AES-128-CBC-SHA
ECDHE-RSA-AES-128-CBC-SHA256 TLS 1.2 only. Disabled by default.
ECDHE-RSA-AES-128-GCM-SHA256 TLS 1.2 only.
ECDHE-RSA-AES-256-CBC-SHA
ECDHE-RSA-AES-256-GCM-SHA384 TLS 1.2 only.
ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1205 TLS 1.2 only.
ECDHE-RSA-RC4-128-SHA Disabled by default. RC4 not recommended.
RSA-3DES-CBC3-SHA
RSA-AES-128-CBC-SHA
RSA-AES-128-CBC-SHA256 TLS 1.2 only. Disabled by default.
RSA-AES-128-GCM-SHA256 TLS 1.2 only.
RSA-AES-256-CBC-SHA
RSA-AES-256-GCM-SHA384 TLS 1.2 only.
RSA-RC4-128-SHA Disabled by default. RC4 not recommended.

Here is a list of acronyms used in defining the cipher suites:

  • 3DES: Cipher suites using triple DES
  • AES-128/256: Cipher suites using AES with 128/256-bit keys.
  • CBC: Cipher using Cipher Block Chaining as block cipher mode.
  • ECDHE: Cipher suites using Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (DH) ephemeral key exchange.
  • ECDSA: Cipher suites using Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm for authentication.
  • GCM: Galois/Counter mode is used for symmetric key cryptography.
  • RC4: Cipher suites using RC4.
  • RSA: Cipher suites using RSA.
  • SHA, SHA256, SHA384: Cipher suites using SHA-1, SHA-256 or SHA-384.

The list of curve types for ECDHE (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman ephemeral key exchange).

The following elliptic curve types are available:

  • P-256
  • P-384
  • P-521
  • X25519

This configures a certificate pin that you can use to ensure that a specific certificate is part of the verified chain.

The pin is a base64 encoded string of the SHA-256 of the certificate.

Note

This check is not a replacement for the normal SSL validation, but it adds additional validation. If this option is used with verification_mode set to none, the check will always fail because it will not receive any verified chains.

You can specify the following options in the ssl section of each subsystem that supports SSL.

The list of root certificates for verifications is required. If certificate_authorities is empty or not set, the system keystore is used. If certificate_authorities is self-signed, the host system needs to trust that CA cert as well.

By default you can specify a list of files that auditbeat will read, but you can also embed a certificate directly in the YAML configuration:

certificate_authorities:
  - |
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIDCjCCAfKgAwIBAgITJ706Mu2wJlKckpIvkWxEHvEyijANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF
    ADAUMRIwEAYDVQQDDAlsb2NhbGhvc3QwIBcNMTkwNzIyMTkyOTA0WhgPMjExOTA2
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    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

The path to the certificate for SSL client authentication is only required if client_authentication is specified. If the certificate is not specified, client authentication is not available. The connection might fail if the server requests client authentication. If the SSL server does not require client authentication, the certificate will be loaded, but not requested or used by the server.

When this option is configured, the key option is also required. The certificate option support embedding of the certificate:

certificate: |
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIDCjCCAfKgAwIBAgITJ706Mu2wJlKckpIvkWxEHvEyijANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF
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    sxSmbIUfc2SGJGCJD4I=
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

The client certificate key used for client authentication and is only required if client_authentication is configured. The key option support embedding of the private key:

key: |
    -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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    nygO9KTJuUiBrLr0AHEnqko=
    -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

The passphrase used to decrypt an encrypted key stored in the configured key file.

Controls the verification of server certificates. Valid values are:

full
Verifies that the provided certificate is signed by a trusted authority (CA) and also verifies that the server’s hostname (or IP address) matches the names identified within the certificate.
strict
Verifies that the provided certificate is signed by a trusted authority (CA) and also verifies that the server’s hostname (or IP address) matches the names identified within the certificate. If the Subject Alternative Name is empty, it returns an error.
certificate
Verifies that the provided certificate is signed by a trusted authority (CA), but does not perform any hostname verification.
none

Performs no verification of the server’s certificate. This mode disables many of the security benefits of SSL/TLS and should only be used after cautious consideration. It is primarily intended as a temporary diagnostic mechanism when attempting to resolve TLS errors; its use in production environments is strongly discouraged.

The default value is full.

A HEX encoded SHA-256 of a CA certificate. If this certificate is present in the chain during the handshake, it will be added to the certificate_authorities list and the handshake will continue normaly.

To get the fingerprint from a CA certificate on a Unix-like system, you can use the following command, where ca.crt is the certificate.

openssl x509 -fingerprint -sha256 -noout -in ./ca.crt | awk --field-separator="=" '{print $2}' | sed 's/://g'

You can specify the following options in the ssl section of each subsystem that supports SSL.

The list of root certificates for client verifications is only required if client_authentication is configured. If certificate_authorities is empty or not set, and client_authentication is configured, the system keystore is used.

If certificate_authorities is self-signed, the host system needs to trust that CA cert as well. By default you can specify a list of files that auditbeat will read, but you can also embed a certificate directly in the YAML configuration:

certificate_authorities:
  - |
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIDCjCCAfKgAwIBAgITJ706Mu2wJlKckpIvkWxEHvEyijANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF
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    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

The end-entity (leaf) certificate that the server uses to identify itself. If the certificate is signed by a certificate authority (CA), then it should include intermediate CA certificates, sorted from leaf to root. For servers, a certificate and key must be specified.

The certificate option supports embedding of the PEM certificate content. This example contains the leaf certificate followed by issuer’s certificate.

certificate: |
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  MIIF2jCCA8KgAwIBAgIBAjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBlMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEW
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  -----END CERTIFICATE-----
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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  RQQmEyTn1hn/eA==
  -----END CERTIFICATE-----

The server certificate key used for authentication is required. The key option supports embedding of the private key:

key: |
    -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
    MIIEvQIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKcwggSjAgEAAoIBAQDXHufGPycpCOfI
    sjl6cRn8NP4DLxdIVEAHFK0jMRDup32UQOPW+DleEsFpgN9/ebi9ngdjQfMvKnUP
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    MKfqhEqK4hUWC3g1r+vGTrxu3qFpzz7L2UrRFRIpo7yuTUhEhEGvcVsiTppTil4Z
    HcprXFHf5158elEwhYJ5IM0nU1leNQiOgemifbLwkyNkLqCKth8V/4sezr1tYblZ
    nMh1cclBAgMBAAECggEBAKdP5jyOicqknoG9/G564RcDsDyRt64NuO7I6hBg7SZx
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    Gaw+kuy17gTGZGMIfGVcdeb+SlioXMAAfOps+mNIwTECgYEA/gTO8W0hgYpOQJzn
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    zrfZ5eUrBDWjRU2R8uppgRImsxMCgYEA2MxuL/C/Ko0d7XsSX1kM4JHJiGpQDvb5
    GUrlKjP/qVyUysNF92B9xAZZHxxfPWpdfGGBynhw7X6s+YeIoxTzFPZVV9hlkpAA
    5igma0n8ZpZEqzttjVdpOQZK8o/Oni/Q2S10WGftQOOGw5Is8+LY30XnLvHBJhO7
    TKMurJ4KCNsCgYAe5TDSVmaj3dGEtFC5EUxQ4nHVnQyCpxa8npL+vor5wSvmsfUF
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    Zy8+WDm5IWRjn8cI5wT1DBT/RPWZYgcyxABrwXmGZwdhp3wnzU/kxFLAl5BKF22T
    kRZ+D+RVZvVutebE9c937BiilJkb0AXLNJwT9pdVLnHcN2LHHHronUhV7vetkop+
    kGMMLlY0lkLfoGq1AxpfSbIea9KZam6o6VKxEnPDAoGAFDCJm+ZtsJK9nE5GEMav
    NHy+PwkYsHhbrPl4dgStTNXLenJLIJ+Ke0Pcld4ZPfYdSyu/Tv4rNswZBNpNsW9K
    0NwJlyMBfayoPNcJKXrH/csJY7hbKviAHr1eYy9/8OL0dHf85FV+9uY5YndLcsDc
    nygO9KTJuUiBrLr0AHEnqko=
    -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

The passphrase is used to decrypt an encrypted key stored in the configured key file.

Controls the verification of client certificates. Valid values are:

full
Verifies that the provided certificate is signed by a trusted authority (CA) and also verifies that the server’s hostname (or IP address) matches the names identified within the certificate.
strict
Verifies that the provided certificate is signed by a trusted authority (CA) and also verifies that the server’s hostname (or IP address) matches the names identified within the certificate. If the Subject Alternative Name is empty, it returns an error.
certificate
Verifies that the provided certificate is signed by a trusted authority (CA), but does not perform any hostname verification.
none

Performs no verification of the server’s certificate. This mode disables many of the security benefits of SSL/TLS and should only be used after cautious consideration. It is primarily intended as a temporary diagnostic mechanism when attempting to resolve TLS errors; its use in production environments is strongly discouraged.

The default value is full.

This configures what types of TLS renegotiation are supported. The valid options are:

never
Disables renegotiation.
once
Allows a remote server to request renegotiation once per connection.
freely

Allows a remote server to request renegotiation repeatedly.

The default value is never.

If set to true Auditbeat will restart if any file listed by key, certificate, or certificate_authorities is modified.

Note

This feature is NOT supported on Windows. The default value is false.

Note

This feature requres the execve system call to be enabled. If you have a custom seccomp policy in place, make sure to allow for execve.

Specifies how often the files are checked for changes. Do not set the period to less than 1s because the modification time of files is often stored in seconds. Setting the period to less than 1s will result in validation error and Auditbeat will not start. The default value is 1m.