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…ege to winlogbeat documentation (#39491)

* [DOCS] Add the `read_pipeline` cluster privilege for winlogbeat and the `auto_configure` index privilege to beats documentation (#38534)

* [DOCS] Removed reference to the Stack GS (#32119)

* Update users.asciidoc

Add the "read_pipeline" privilege for Winlogbeat too

* [Docs] add auto_configure index privilege to the required permissions for beat agents

* Update link that was broken

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Co-authored-by: debadair <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Andrew Kroh <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit edf4568)

* Update users.asciidoc to fix the rendeing issue

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Co-authored-by: Mirko Bez <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Pierre HILBERT <[email protected]>
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion libbeat/docs/security/api-keys.asciidoc
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"index": [
{
"names": ["{beat_default_index_prefix}-*"],
"privileges": ["view_index_metadata", "create_doc"]
"privileges": ["view_index_metadata", "create_doc", "auto_configure"]
}
]
}
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19 changes: 17 additions & 2 deletions libbeat/docs/security/users.asciidoc
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. Create a *writer role*, called something like +{beat_default_index_prefix}_writer+,
that has the following privileges:
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NOTE: The `monitor` cluster privilege and the `create_doc` privilege on
+{beat_default_index_prefix}-*+ indices are required in every configuration.
NOTE: The `monitor` cluster privilege and the `create_doc` and `auto_configure`
privileges on +{beat_default_index_prefix}-*+ indices are required in every
configuration.
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[options="header"]
|====
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|Check for ingest pipelines used by modules. Needed when using modules.
endif::[]

ifeval::["{beatname_lc}"=="winlogbeat"]
|Cluster
|`read_pipeline`
|Check for ingest pipelines used by {beatname_uc}.
endif::[]

|Index
|`create_doc` on +{beat_default_index_prefix}-*+ indices
|Write events into {es}

|Index
|`auto_configure` on +{beat_default_index_prefix}-*+ indices
|Update the datastream mapping. Consider either disabling entirely or adding the
rule +{beat_default_index_prefix}-*+ to the cluster settings
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html#index-creation[action.auto_create_index]
to prevent unwanted indices creations from the agents.
|====

ifndef::apm-server[]
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Omit any privileges that aren't relevant in your environment.
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