diff --git a/config/kibana.yml b/config/kibana.yml
index 0780841ca057e..8725888159506 100644
--- a/config/kibana.yml
+++ b/config/kibana.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
# the username and password that the Kibana server uses to perform maintenance on the Kibana
# index at startup. Your Kibana users still need to authenticate with Elasticsearch, which
# is proxied through the Kibana server.
-#elasticsearch.username: "kibana"
+#elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"
#elasticsearch.password: "pass"
# Enables SSL and paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and SSL key files, respectively.
diff --git a/docs/user/security/securing-kibana.asciidoc b/docs/user/security/securing-kibana.asciidoc
index 24aacd6a47626..f4178bacb111e 100644
--- a/docs/user/security/securing-kibana.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/user/security/securing-kibana.asciidoc
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ file:
[source,yaml]
-----------------------------------------------
-elasticsearch.username: "kibana"
+elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"
elasticsearch.password: "kibanapassword"
-----------------------------------------------
The {kib} server submits requests as this user to access the cluster monitoring
APIs and the `.kibana` index. The server does _not_ need access to user indices.
-The password for the built-in `kibana` user is typically set as part of the
+The password for the built-in `kibana_system` user is typically set as part of the
{security} configuration process on {es}. For more information, see
{ref}/built-in-users.html[Built-in users].
--
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/src/utils/native_realm.test.js b/packages/kbn-es/src/utils/native_realm.test.js
index 99c7ed1623014..54732f7136fcc 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/src/utils/native_realm.test.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/src/utils/native_realm.test.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('setPasswords', () => {
mockClient.security.getUser.mockImplementation(() => ({
body: {
- kibana: {
+ kibana_system: {
metadata: {
_reserved: true,
},
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe('setPasswords', () => {
}));
await nativeRealm.setPasswords({
- 'password.kibana': 'bar',
+ 'password.kibana_system': 'bar',
});
expect(mockClient.security.changePassword.mock.calls).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Array [
"password": "bar",
},
"refresh": "wait_for",
- "username": "kibana",
+ "username": "kibana_system",
},
],
Array [
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe('getReservedUsers', () => {
it('returns array of reserved usernames', async () => {
mockClient.security.getUser.mockImplementation(() => ({
body: {
- kibana: {
+ kibana_system: {
metadata: {
_reserved: true,
},
@@ -206,17 +206,17 @@ describe('getReservedUsers', () => {
},
}));
- expect(await nativeRealm.getReservedUsers()).toEqual(['kibana', 'logstash_system']);
+ expect(await nativeRealm.getReservedUsers()).toEqual(['kibana_system', 'logstash_system']);
});
});
describe('setPassword', () => {
it('sets password for provided user', async () => {
- await nativeRealm.setPassword('kibana', 'foo');
+ await nativeRealm.setPassword('kibana_system', 'foo');
expect(mockClient.security.changePassword).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
body: { password: 'foo' },
refresh: 'wait_for',
- username: 'kibana',
+ username: 'kibana_system',
});
});
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ describe('setPassword', () => {
});
await expect(
- nativeRealm.setPassword('kibana', 'foo')
+ nativeRealm.setPassword('kibana_system', 'foo')
).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`"SomeError"`);
});
});
diff --git a/src/cli/serve/serve.js b/src/cli/serve/serve.js
index 29d0fe16ee126..471939121143a 100644
--- a/src/cli/serve/serve.js
+++ b/src/cli/serve/serve.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function applyConfigOverrides(rawConfig, opts, extraCliOptions) {
set('optimize.watch', true);
if (!has('elasticsearch.username')) {
- set('elasticsearch.username', 'kibana');
+ set('elasticsearch.username', 'kibana_system');
}
if (!has('elasticsearch.password')) {
diff --git a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_config.test.ts.snap b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_config.test.ts.snap
index e81336c8863f5..75627f311d9a5 100644
--- a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_config.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_config.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-exports[`#username throws if equal to "elastic", only while running from source 1`] = `"[username]: value of \\"elastic\\" is forbidden. This is a superuser account that can obfuscate privilege-related issues. You should use the \\"kibana\\" user instead."`;
+exports[`#username throws if equal to "elastic", only while running from source 1`] = `"[username]: value of \\"elastic\\" is forbidden. This is a superuser account that can obfuscate privilege-related issues. You should use the \\"kibana_system\\" user instead."`;
diff --git a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config.test.ts b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config.test.ts
index de3f57298f461..cb4501a51e849 100644
--- a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config.test.ts
@@ -315,12 +315,21 @@ describe('deprecations', () => {
const { messages } = applyElasticsearchDeprecations({ username: 'elastic' });
expect(messages).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
Array [
- "Setting [${CONFIG_PATH}.username] to \\"elastic\\" is deprecated. You should use the \\"kibana\\" user instead.",
+ "Setting [${CONFIG_PATH}.username] to \\"elastic\\" is deprecated. You should use the \\"kibana_system\\" user instead.",
]
`);
});
- it('does not log a warning if elasticsearch.username is set to something besides "elastic"', () => {
+ it('logs a warning if elasticsearch.username is set to "kibana"', () => {
+ const { messages } = applyElasticsearchDeprecations({ username: 'kibana' });
+ expect(messages).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+ Array [
+ "Setting [${CONFIG_PATH}.username] to \\"kibana\\" is deprecated. You should use the \\"kibana_system\\" user instead.",
+ ]
+ `);
+ });
+
+ it('does not log a warning if elasticsearch.username is set to something besides "elastic" or "kibana"', () => {
const { messages } = applyElasticsearchDeprecations({ username: 'otheruser' });
expect(messages).toHaveLength(0);
});
diff --git a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config.ts b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config.ts
index d3012e361b3ed..c87c94bcd0b6a 100644
--- a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export const configSchema = schema.object({
if (rawConfig === 'elastic') {
return (
'value of "elastic" is forbidden. This is a superuser account that can obfuscate ' +
- 'privilege-related issues. You should use the "kibana" user instead.'
+ 'privilege-related issues. You should use the "kibana_system" user instead.'
);
}
},
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ const deprecations: ConfigDeprecationProvider = () => [
}
if (es.username === 'elastic') {
log(
- `Setting [${fromPath}.username] to "elastic" is deprecated. You should use the "kibana" user instead.`
+ `Setting [${fromPath}.username] to "elastic" is deprecated. You should use the "kibana_system" user instead.`
+ );
+ } else if (es.username === 'kibana') {
+ log(
+ `Setting [${fromPath}.username] to "kibana" is deprecated. You should use the "kibana_system" user instead.`
);
}
if (es.ssl?.key !== undefined && es.ssl?.certificate === undefined) {
diff --git a/x-pack/README.md b/x-pack/README.md
index 42e54aa2f50f9..744d97ca02c75 100644
--- a/x-pack/README.md
+++ b/x-pack/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Elasticsearch will run with a basic license. To run with a trial license, includ
Example: `yarn es snapshot --license trial --password changeme`
-By default, this will also set the password for native realm accounts to the password provided (`changeme` by default). This includes that of the `kibana` user which `elasticsearch.username` defaults to in development. If you wish to specific a password for a given native realm account, you can do that like so: `--password.kibana=notsecure`
+By default, this will also set the password for native realm accounts to the password provided (`changeme` by default). This includes that of the `kibana_system` user which `elasticsearch.username` defaults to in development. If you wish to specify a password for a given native realm account, you can do that like so: `--password.kibana_system=notsecure`
# Testing
## Running specific tests
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/README.md b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/README.md
index e9ececa8c6350..0222f06e7ae91 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/README.md
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ cluster.
% cat config/kibana.dev.yml
monitoring.ui.elasticsearch:
hosts: "http://localhost:9210"
- username: "kibana"
+ username: "kibana_system"
password: "changeme"
```
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/__tests__/deprecations.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/__tests__/deprecations.js
index aa8008346af85..5fc5debfa139e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/__tests__/deprecations.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/__tests__/deprecations.js
@@ -92,7 +92,15 @@ describe('monitoring plugin deprecations', function() {
expect(log.called).to.be(true);
});
- it('does not log a warning if elasticsearch.username is set to something besides "elastic"', () => {
+ it('logs a warning if elasticsearch.username is set to "kibana"', () => {
+ const settings = { elasticsearch: { username: 'kibana' } };
+
+ const log = sinon.spy();
+ transformDeprecations(settings, fromPath, log);
+ expect(log.called).to.be(true);
+ });
+
+ it('does not log a warning if elasticsearch.username is set to something besides "elastic" or "kibana"', () => {
const settings = { elasticsearch: { username: 'otheruser' } };
const log = sinon.spy();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.ts
index 6e5092a112744..ad5bf95090186 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export const configSchema = schema.object({
if (rawConfig === 'elastic') {
return (
'value of "elastic" is forbidden. This is a superuser account that can obfuscate ' +
- 'privilege-related issues. You should use the "kibana" user instead.'
+ 'privilege-related issues. You should use the "kibana_system" user instead.'
);
}
},
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/deprecations.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/deprecations.ts
index 3a3ec6ac799d2..d40837885e198 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/deprecations.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/deprecations.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ export const deprecations = ({
if (es) {
if (es.username === 'elastic') {
logger(
- `Setting [${fromPath}.username] to "elastic" is deprecated. You should use the "kibana" user instead.`
+ `Setting [${fromPath}.username] to "elastic" is deprecated. You should use the "kibana_system" user instead.`
+ );
+ } else if (es.username === 'kibana') {
+ logger(
+ `Setting [${fromPath}.username] to "kibana" is deprecated. You should use the "kibana_system" user instead.`
);
}
}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security/common/model/user.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security/common/model/user.ts
index e1bae2fc44e58..5c852e7a8f03d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security/common/model/user.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security/common/model/user.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export interface User {
enabled: boolean;
metadata?: {
_reserved: boolean;
+ _deprecated?: boolean;
+ _deprecated_reason?: string;
};
}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security/public/management/users/edit_user/edit_user_page.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security/public/management/users/edit_user/edit_user_page.test.tsx
index be7517ff892b5..a97781ba25ea6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security/public/management/users/edit_user/edit_user_page.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security/public/management/users/edit_user/edit_user_page.test.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ const createUser = (username: string, roles = ['idk', 'something']) => {
};
}
+ if (username === 'deprecated_user') {
+ user.metadata = {
+ _reserved: true,
+ _deprecated: true,
+ _deprecated_reason: 'beacuse I said so.',
+ };
+ }
+
return user;
};
@@ -162,6 +170,28 @@ describe('EditUserPage', () => {
expectSaveButton(wrapper);
});
+ it('warns when viewing a depreciated user', async () => {
+ const user = createUser('deprecated_user');
+ const { apiClient, rolesAPIClient } = buildClients(user);
+ const securitySetup = buildSecuritySetup();
+
+ const wrapper = mountWithIntl(
+
-
+