From 5ea71f99fd786f99e3f54d33e51b08e771f73280 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gchaps Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:47:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [DOCS] Update Managing Indices w/ info about security --- docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc b/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc index b5c0294fd64f1..d8c410e21b457 100644 --- a/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc +++ b/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ [[managing-indices]] == Managing Indices -The *Index management* UI enables you to view index settings, +The *Index Management* UI enables you to view index settings, mappings, and statistics and perform management operations. These include refreshing, flushing, clearing the cache, merging segments, and closing or deleting indices. The UI provides a convenient way to perform bulk operations on multiple indices. +To open the UI, select *Management > Index Management*. To view the data, +you must have the privileges necessary to monitor the {es} cluster and {kib} indices. +For more information, see <>. + [role="screenshot"] image::images/management-index-management.png[Index Management UI] From 5930b0d24db46d5780bdfef9d8c9e03653c13378 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gchaps Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:33:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [DOCS] Incorporated review comments for indices management doc --- docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc b/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc index d8c410e21b457..b4ecbb674f251 100644 --- a/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc +++ b/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc @@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ and closing or deleting indices. The UI provides a convenient way to perform bulk operations on multiple indices. To open the UI, select *Management > Index Management*. To view the data, -you must have the privileges necessary to monitor the {es} cluster and {kib} indices. -For more information, see <>. +you must have the `view_index_metadata` and `manage` index privileges and +the `monitor` cluster privilege. See +{xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges] for more +information. [role="screenshot"] image::images/management-index-management.png[Index Management UI] From 39206126f7afda2a56792dba805dab8cbda7e3e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gchaps Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:55:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [DOCS] Incorporated review comment re: security enabled --- docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc b/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc index b4ecbb674f251..dde1e5db66730 100644 --- a/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc +++ b/docs/management/managing-indices.asciidoc @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ These include refreshing, flushing, clearing the cache, merging segments, and closing or deleting indices. The UI provides a convenient way to perform bulk operations on multiple indices. -To open the UI, select *Management > Index Management*. To view the data, -you must have the `view_index_metadata` and `manage` index privileges and -the `monitor` cluster privilege. See +To open the UI, select *Management > Index Management*. If security is enabled, +you must have the the `monitor` cluster privilege and the `view_index_metadata` +and `manage` index privileges to view the data. See {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges] for more information.