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Unlike Beats/Logstash, Kibana's Elasticsearch connection has no independent auth/TLS choice — it is dictated by Elasticsearch, so Kibana does not get the *_authentication / *_tls split.
Background (why):
Kibana has no separate xpack.security.enabled in 8.x; it follows Elasticsearch — "you do not need to disable security features in those kibana.yml files" (Configure security in Kibana).
Kibana→ES authentication is therefore ES-dictated: xpack.security.enabled"must be enabled to use Elasticsearch's authentication, authorization and audit features" and is mandatory in 8 (Security settings). When ES security is on, Kibana must send its kibana_system credentials — it cannot connect anonymously. A kibana_authentication flag would be meaningless.
Kibana→ES TLS follows elasticsearch_http_security (Kibana must match ES's http/https) — not a Kibana-owned switch.
Kibana's only genuinely own switch is kibana_tls (the browser-facing server.ssl).
Change:
Remove kibana_security. The ES-connection block (https + CA + kibana_system credentials) renders whenever Kibana talks to a secured ES (i.e. it follows Elasticsearch), with the http/https scheme following elasticsearch_http_security.
Keep kibana_tls unchanged (server side).
Rename kibana-security.yml → kibana_manage_certificates.yml; move the kibana_system-password fetch out.
Unlike Beats/Logstash, Kibana's Elasticsearch connection has no independent auth/TLS choice — it is dictated by Elasticsearch, so Kibana does not get the
*_authentication/*_tlssplit.Background (why):
xpack.security.enabledin 8.x; it follows Elasticsearch — "you do not need to disable security features in those kibana.yml files" (Configure security in Kibana).xpack.security.enabled"must be enabled to use Elasticsearch's authentication, authorization and audit features" and is mandatory in 8 (Security settings). When ES security is on, Kibana must send itskibana_systemcredentials — it cannot connect anonymously. Akibana_authenticationflag would be meaningless.elasticsearch_http_security(Kibana must match ES's http/https) — not a Kibana-owned switch.kibana_tls(the browser-facingserver.ssl).Change:
kibana_security. The ES-connection block (https + CA +kibana_systemcredentials) renders whenever Kibana talks to a secured ES (i.e. it follows Elasticsearch), with the http/https scheme followingelasticsearch_http_security.kibana_tlsunchanged (server side).kibana-security.yml→kibana_manage_certificates.yml; move thekibana_system-password fetch out.elasticsearch_http_security: false→kibana_systemcredentials over http) is covered by the collection-wideelasticstack_allow_insecure_authguard (see [Umbrella]: Separate authentication from TLS across Beats, Logstash and Kibana #526).Breaking → 2.0.0. Part of #526.
Depends on: #527 (the shared masters + guard must exist first).