From 69dce4e6193d81b1303a1a8d075d563038e1ffed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shaunak Kashyap Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 06:30:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Documents built-in `beats_admin` role --- docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc b/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc index f336393d8..59dffadf8 100644 --- a/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc +++ b/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ change between releases. NOTE: This role does not provide access to the logstash indices and is not suitable for use within a Logstash pipeline. +[[built-in-roles-beats-admin]] `beats_admin` :: +Grants access to the `.management-beats` index for managing configurations. + [[built-in-roles-beats-system]] `beats_system` :: Grants access necessary for the Beats system user to send system-level data (such as monitoring) to {es}. From c8b0f15cb323c366a7c021ed9286305e29474bf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shaunak Kashyap Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 08:19:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Clarifying purpose of index --- docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc b/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc index 59dffadf8..2c3237d03 100644 --- a/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc +++ b/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ NOTE: This role does not provide access to the logstash indices and is not suitable for use within a Logstash pipeline. [[built-in-roles-beats-admin]] `beats_admin` :: -Grants access to the `.management-beats` index for managing configurations. +Grants access to the `.management-beats` index, which contains configuration +information for the Beats. [[built-in-roles-beats-system]] `beats_system` :: Grants access necessary for the Beats system user to send system-level data