From 18b5d79feba5ae5c63ed3c9677f2546d66c47c17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tal Levy Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:21:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add ILM privilege descriptions This adds details about ILM-specific roles: - manage_ilm (index), manage_ilm (cluster) - read_ilm (cluster) - changes to view_index_metadata (index) --- .../security/authorization/privileges.asciidoc | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/privileges.asciidoc b/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/privileges.asciidoc index f83f7ddb8..3f8094e12 100644 --- a/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/privileges.asciidoc +++ b/docs/en/stack/security/authorization/privileges.asciidoc @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ patterns. It also includes the authority to grant the privileges necessary to manage follower indices and auto-follow patterns. This privilege is necessary only on clusters that contain follower indices. +`manage_ilm`:: +All {Ilm} operations related to managing policies + `manage_index_templates`:: All operations on index templates. @@ -78,6 +81,10 @@ metadata for leader indices in the cluster. It also includes the authority to check whether users have the appropriate privileges to follow leader indices. This privilege is necessary only on clusters that contain leader indices. +`read_ilm`:: +All read only {Ilm} operations, such as getting policies and checking the +status of {Ilm} + `transport_client`:: All privileges necessary for a transport client to connect. Required by the remote cluster to enable <>. @@ -125,6 +132,11 @@ All actions that are required to manage the lifecycle of a follower index, which includes creating a follower index, closing it, and converting it to a regular index. This privilege is necessary only on clusters that contain follower indices. +`manage_ilm`:: +All {Ilm} operations relating to managing the execution of policies of an index +This includes operations like retrying policies, and removing a policy +from an index. + `monitor`:: All actions that are required for monitoring (recovery, segments info, index stats and status). @@ -139,7 +151,7 @@ Read only access to the search action from a <