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[DOCS] Secure settings specified per node #31621

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion docs/reference/setup/secure-settings.asciidoc
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[[secure-settings]]
=== Secure Settings
=== Secure settings

Some settings are sensitive, and relying on filesystem permissions to protect
their values is not sufficient. For this use case, Elasticsearch provides a
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NOTE: The elasticsearch keystore currently only provides obfuscation. In the future,
password protection will be added.

These settings, just like the regular ones in the `elasticsearch.yml` config file,
need to be specified on each node in the cluster. Currently, all secure settings
are node-specific settings that must have the same value on every node.

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[[creating-keystore]]
=== Creating the keystore
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