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[DOCS] Adds LDAP realm configuration details #30214

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This PR creates a task list of steps related to configuring LDAP realms in the "Configuring Security" section of the Elasticsearch Reference.

It also creates a page about encrypting communications between Elasticsearch and the LDAP server.

The redundant information is then removed from the X-Pack Reference's "LDAP User Authentication" page and replaced with links.

Related to #30193

@lcawl lcawl added >docs General docs changes v7.0.0 v6.3.0 :Security/Authentication Logging in, Usernames/passwords, Realms (Native/LDAP/AD/SAML/PKI/etc) v6.4.0 labels Apr 27, 2018
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LGTM

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LDAP user search is the most common mode of operation. In this mode, a specific
user with permission to search the LDAP directory is used to search for the
authenticating user DN based on its username and an LDAP attribute. Once found,
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I had to read this one a couple times but it might just be me. Maybe DN of the authenticating user based on the provided username and an LDAP attribute

certificate_authorities: [ "CONFIG_DIR/x-pack/cacert.pem" ]
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The CA cert must be a PEM encoded certificate.
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maybe The CA certificate must be PEM encoded.

@lcawl lcawl merged commit 383856a into elastic:master May 2, 2018
@lcawl lcawl deleted the lcawley-cfgLDAP branch May 2, 2018 18:22
dnhatn added a commit that referenced this pull request May 4, 2018
* master:
  Set the new lucene version for 6.4.0
  [ML][TEST] Clean up jobs in ModelPlotIT
  Upgrade to 7.4.0-snapshot-1ed95c097b (#30357)
  Watcher: Ensure trigger service pauses execution (#30363)
  [DOCS] Added coming qualifiers in changelog
  [DOCS] Commented out empty sections in the changelog to fix the doc build. (#30372)
  Security: reduce garbage during index resolution (#30180)
  Make RepositoriesMetaData contents unmodifiable (#30361)
  Change quad tree max levels to 29. Closes #21191 (#29663)
  Test: use trial license in qa tests with security
  [ML] Add integration test for model plots (#30359)
  SQL: Fix bug caused by empty composites (#30343)
  [ML] Account for gaps in data counts after job is reopened (#30294)
  InternalEngineTests.testConcurrentOutOfOrderDocsOnReplica should use two documents (#30121)
  Change signature of Get Repositories Response (#30333)
  Tests: Use different watch ids per test in smoke test (#30331)
  [Docs] Add term query with normalizer example
  Adds Eclipse config for xpack licence headers (#30299)
  Watcher: Make start/stop cycle more predictable and synchronous (#30118)
  [test] add debug logging for packaging test
  [DOCS] Removed X-Pack Breaking Changes
  [DOCS] Fixes link to TLS LDAP info
  Update versions for start_trial after backport (#30218)
  Packaging: Set elasticsearch user to have non-existent homedir (#29007)
  [DOCS] Fixes broken links to bootstrap user (#30349)
  Fix NPE when CumulativeSum agg encounters null/empty bucket (#29641)
  Make licensing FIPS-140 compliant (#30251)
  [DOCS] Reorganizes authentication details in Stack Overview (#30280)
  Network: Remove http.enabled setting (#29601)
  Fix merging logic of Suggester Options (#29514)
  [DOCS] Adds LDAP realm configuration details (#30214)
  [DOCS] Adds native realm configuration details (#30215)
  ReplicationTracker.markAllocationIdAsInSync may hang if allocation is cancelled (#30316)
  [DOCS] Enables edit links for X-Pack pages (#30278)
  Packaging: Unmark systemd service file as a config file (#29004)
  SQL: Reduce number of ranges generated for comparisons (#30267)
  Tests: Simplify VersionUtils released version splitting (#30322)
  Cancelling a peer recovery on the source can leak a primary permit (#30318)
  Added changelog entry for deb prerelease version change (#30184)
  Convert server javadoc to html5 (#30279)
  Create default ES_TMPDIR on Windows (#30325)
  [Docs] Clarify `fuzzy_like_this` redirect (#30183)
  Post backport of #29658.
  Fix docs of the `_ignored` meta field.
  Remove MapperService#types(). (#29617)
  Remove useless version checks in REST tests. (#30165)
  Add a new `_ignored` meta field. (#29658)
  Move repository-azure fixture test to QA project (#30253)

# Conflicts:
#	buildSrc/version.properties
#	server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java
dnhatn added a commit that referenced this pull request May 8, 2018
* 6.x:
  Stop forking javac (#30462)
  Fix tribe tests
  Docs: Use task_id in examples of tasks (#30436)
  Security: Rename IndexLifecycleManager to SecurityIndexManager (#30442)
  Packaging: Set elasticsearch user to have non-existent homedir (#29007)
  [Docs] Fix typo in cardinality-aggregation.asciidoc (#30434)
  Avoid NPE in `more_like_this` when field has zero tokens (#30365)
  Build: Switch to building javadoc with html5 (#30440)
  Add a quick tour of the project to CONTRIBUTING (#30187)
  Add stricter geohash parsing (#30376)
  Reindex: Use request flavored methods (#30317)
  Silence SplitIndexIT.testSplitIndexPrimaryTerm test failure.  (#30432)
  Auto-expand replicas when adding or removing nodes (#30423)
  Silence IndexUpgradeIT test failures. (#30430)
  Fix line length violation in cache tests
  Add failing test for core cache deadlock
  [DOCS] convert forcemerge snippet
  Update forcemerge.asciidoc (#30113)
  Added zentity to the list of API extension plugins (#29143)
  Fix the search request default operation behavior doc (#29302) (#29405)
  Watcher: Mark watcher as started only after loading watches (#30403)
  Correct wording in log message (#30336)
  Do not fail snapshot when deleting a missing snapshotted file (#30332)
  AwaitsFix testCreateShrinkIndexToN
  DOCS: Correct mapping tags in put-template api
  DOCS: Fix broken link in the put index template api
  Add put index template api to high level rest client (#30400)
  [Docs] Add snippets for POS stop tags default value
  Remove entry inadvertently picked into changelog
  Move respect accept header on no handler to 6.3.1
  Respect accept header on no handler (#30383)
  [Test] Add analysis-nori plugin to the vagrant tests
  [Rollup] Validate timezone in range queries (#30338)
  [Docs] Fix bad link
  [Docs] Fix end of section in the korean plugin docs
  add the Korean nori plugin to the change logs
  Expose the Lucene Korean analyzer module in a plugin (#30397)
  Docs: remove transport_client from CCS role example (#30263)
  Test: remove cluster permission from CCS user (#30262)
  Watcher: Remove unneeded index deletion in tests
  fix docs branch version
  fix lucene snapshot version
  Upgrade to 7.4.0-snapshot-1ed95c097b (#30357)
  [ML][TEST] Clean up jobs in ModelPlotIT
  Watcher: Ensure trigger service pauses execution (#30363)
  [DOCS] Fixes ordering of changelog sections
  [DOCS] Commented out empty sections in the changelog to fix the doc build. (#30372)
  Make RepositoriesMetaData contents unmodifiable (#30361)
  Change signature of Get Repositories Response (#30333)
  6.x Backport: Terms query validate bug  (#30319)
  InternalEngineTests.testConcurrentOutOfOrderDocsOnReplica should use two documents (#30121)
  Security: reduce garbage during index resolution (#30180)
  Test: use trial license in qa tests with security
  [ML] Add integration test for model plots (#30359)
  SQL: Fix bug caused by empty composites (#30343)
  [ML] Account for gaps in data counts after job is reopened (#30294)
  [ML] Refactor DataStreamDiagnostics to use array (#30129)
  Make licensing FIPS-140 compliant (#30251)
  Do not load global state when deleting a snapshot (#29278)
  Don't load global state when only restoring indices (#29239)
  Tests: Use different watch ids per test in smoke test (#30331)
  Watcher: Make start/stop cycle more predictable and synchronous (#30118)
  [Docs] Add term query with normalizer example
  Adds Eclipse config for xpack licence headers (#30299)
  Fix message content in users tool (#30293)
  [DOCS] Removed X-Pack breaking changes page
  [DOCS] Added security breaking change
  [DOCS] Fixes link to TLS LDAP info
  [DOCS] Merges X-Pack release notes into changelog (#30350)
  [DOCS] Fixes broken links to bootstrap user (#30349)
  [Docs] Remove errant changelog line
  Fix NPE when CumulativeSum agg encounters null/empty bucket (#29641)
  [DOCS] Reorganizes authentication details in Stack Overview (#30280)
  Tests: Simplify VersionUtils released version splitting (#30322)
  Fix merging logic of Suggester Options (#29514)
  ReplicationTracker.markAllocationIdAsInSync may hang if allocation is cancelled (#30316)
  [DOCS] Adds LDAP realm configuration details (#30214)
  [DOCS] Adds native realm configuration details (#30215)
  Disable SSL on testing old BWC nodes (#30337)
  [DOCS] Enables edit links for X-Pack pages
  Cancelling a peer recovery on the source can leak a primary permit (#30318)
  SQL: Reduce number of ranges generated for comparisons (#30267)
  [DOCS] Adds links to changelog sections
  Convert server javadoc to html5 (#30279)
  REST Client: Add Request object flavored methods (#29623)
  Create default ES_TMPDIR on Windows (#30325)
  [Docs] Clarify `fuzzy_like_this` redirect (#30183)
  Fix docs of the `_ignored` meta field.
  Add a new `_ignored` meta field. (#29658)
  Move repository-azure fixture test to QA project (#30253)
@jimczi jimczi added v7.0.0-beta1 and removed v7.0.0 labels Feb 7, 2019
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