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Clarify unsupported secure settings behavior (#43454)
This commit tweaks the docs for secure settings to ensure the user is aware adding non secure settings to the keystore will result in elasticsearch not starting. fixes #43328 Co-Authored-By: James Rodewig <[email protected]>
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docs/reference/setup/secure-settings.asciidoc

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NOTE: All commands here should be run as the user which will run Elasticsearch.
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NOTE: Only some settings are designed to be read from the keystore. See
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documentation for each setting to see if it is supported as part of the keystore.
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IMPORTANT: Only some settings are designed to be read from the keystore. However,
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the keystore has no validation to block unsupported settings.
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Adding unsupported settings to the keystore will cause {es}
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Additional unsupported settings being added to the keystore will cause Elasticsearch
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to fail to start. See documentation for each setting to see if it is supported
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as part of the keystore.
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NOTE: All the modifications to the keystore take affect only after restarting
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Elasticsearch.

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