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[DOCS] Add manage_ilm privilege to monitoring steps #58141

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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions docs/reference/monitoring/configuring-metricbeat.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PUT _cluster/settings
"xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled": true
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}
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If {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `monitor` cluster privileges to
view the cluster settings and `manage` cluster privileges to change them.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -169,9 +169,13 @@ provide a valid user ID and password so that {metricbeat} can send metrics
successfully:

.. Create a user on the monitoring cluster that has the
<<built-in-roles,`remote_monitoring_agent` built-in role>>.
Alternatively, use the
<<built-in-users,`remote_monitoring_user` built-in user>>.
<<built-in-roles,`remote_monitoring_agent` built-in role>> or use the
<<built-in-users,`remote_monitoring_user` built-in user>>. If you want to use
{ilm} features on your {metricbeat} indices, the user must also have
<<security-privileges,`manage_ilm` cluster privileges>>. If {metricbeat} is
monitoring only the {stack}, {ilm-init} is not required. Disable it by adding
`setup.ilm.enabled: false` to your {metricbeat} configuration file. For more
information, refer to {metricbeat-ref}/ilm.html[Configure {ilm} in {metricbeat}].

.. Add the `username` and `password` settings to the {es} output information in
the {metricbeat} configuration file.
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