This commit slightly reworks the recommendations in the docs about setting the
heap size:
* the "rules of thumb" are actually instructions that should be followed
* the reason for setting `Xmx` to 50% of the heap size is more subtle than just
leaving space for the filesystem cache
* it is normal to see Elasticsearch using more memory than `Xmx`
* replace `cutoff` and `limit` with `threshold` since all three terms are used
interchangeably
* since we recommend setting `Xmx` equal to `Xms`, avoid talking about setting
`Xmx` in isolation
Relates #41954
In cases where node names and transport addresses can be muddled, it is unclear
that `cluster.initial_master_nodes: master-a:9300` means to look for a node
called `master-a:9300` rather than a node called `master-a` with transport port
`9300`. This commit adds docs to that effect.
Today's `docker-compose` docs are missing the `discovery.seed_nodes` config on
one of the nodes. With today's configuration the cluster can still form the
first time it is started, because `cluster.initial_master_nodes` requires both
nodes to bootstrap the cluster which ensures that each discover the other.
However if `es02` is elected master it will remove `es01` from the voting
configuration and then when restarted it will form a cluster on its own without
needing to do any discovery. Meanwhile `es01` doesn't know how to find `es02`
after a restart so will be unable to join this cluster.
This commit fixes this by adding the missing configuration.
The following phrase causes confusion:
> Alternatively the IP addresses or hostnames (if node name defaults to the
> host name) can be used.
This change clarifies the conditions under which you can use a hostname, and
adds an anchor to the note introduced in (#41137) so we can link directly to it
in conversations with users.
* [DOCS] Fix broken link to Elasticsearch Docker source code
* [DOCS] Link to Dockerfile in elastic/elasticsearch repo
* [DOCS] Link to Docker source files in elastic/elasticsearch repo
This commit changes the note in docs about required java version to note
the existence of the bundled jdk and how to bring your own java. It also
reorganizes the zip/targz docs as zip is no longer suitable on
Linux/MacOS.
While running these commands from alias, facing issues using kill `cat pid`, In some situations, the more compact:
```
pkill -F /var/run/myProcess.pid
```
is the way to go.
This fixes a bug in the sensing of the current OS family in the test cluster
formation code. Previously all builds would assume every environment
was windows and would jump to using the windows zip build. This fixes
the OS sensing code as well as updates some tests to account for
different build flavors.
In #38333 and #38350 we moved away from the `discovery.zen` settings namespace
since these settings have an effect even though Zen Discovery itself is being
phased out. This change aligns the documentation and the names of related
classes and methods with the newly-introduced naming conventions.
Renames the following settings to remove the mention of `zen` in their names:
- `discovery.zen.hosts_provider` -> `discovery.seed_providers`
- `discovery.zen.ping.unicast.concurrent_connects` -> `discovery.seed_resolver.max_concurrent_resolvers`
- `discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts.resolve_timeout` -> `discovery.seed_resolver.timeout`
- `discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts` -> `discovery.seed_addresses`
This commit adds classifiers to the distributions indicating the
OS (for archives) and platform. The current OSes are for windows, darwin (ie
macos) and linux. This change will allow future OS/architecture specific
changes to the distributions. Note the docs using distribution links
have been updated, but will be reworked in a followup to make OS
specific instructions for the archives.
In order to support JSON log format, a custom pattern layout was used and its configuration is enclosed in ESJsonLayout. Users are free to use their own patterns, but if smooth Beats integration is needed, they should use ESJsonLayout. EvilLoggerTests are left intact to make sure user's custom log patterns work fine.
To populate additional fields node.id and cluster.uuid which are not available at start time,
a cluster state update will have to be received and the values passed to log4j pattern converter.
A ClusterStateObserver.Listener is used to receive only one ClusteStateUpdate. Once update is received the nodeId and clusterUUid are set in a static field in a NodeAndClusterIdConverter.
Following fields are expected in JSON log lines: type, tiemstamp, level, component, cluster.name, node.name, node.id, cluster.uuid, message, stacktrace
see ESJsonLayout.java for more details and field descriptions
Docker log4j2 configuration is now almost the same as the one use for ES binary.
The only difference is that docker is using console appenders, whereas ES is using file appenders.
relates: #32850
Some systems default to a nofile ulimit of 65535. To reduce the pain of
deploying Elasticsearch to such systems, this commit lowers the required
limit from 65536 to 65535.
With this commit we rename `node.store.allow_mmapfs` to
`node.store.allow_mmap`. Previously this setting has controlled whether
`mmapfs` could be used as a store type. With the introduction of
`hybridfs` which also relies on memory-mapping,
`node.store.allow_mmapfs` also applies to `hybridfs` and thus we rename
it in order to convey that it is actually used to allow memory-mapping
but not a specific store type.
Relates #36668
Relates #37070
This commit overhauls the documentation of discovery and cluster coordination,
removing mention of the Zen Discovery module and replacing it with docs for the
new cluster coordination mechanism introduced in 7.0.
Relates #32006
This is related to #36652. In 7.0 we plan to deprecate a number of
settings that make reference to the concept of a tcp transport. We
mostly just have a single transport type now (based on tcp). Settings
should only reference tcp if they are referring to socket options. This
commit updates the settings in the docs. And removes string usages of
the old settings. Additionally it adds a missing remote compress setting
to the docs.
When a security manager is present, the JVM will cache positive hostname
lookups indefinitely. This can be problematic, especially in the modern
world with cloud services where DNS addresses can change, or
environments using Docker containers where IP addresses could be
considered ephemeral. This behavior impacts cluster discovery,
cross-cluster replication and cross-cluster search, reindex from remote,
snapshot repositories, webhooks in Watcher, external authentication
mechanisms, and the Elastic Stack Monitoring Service. The experience of
watching a DNS lookup change yet not be reflected within Elasticsearch
is a poor experience for users. The reason the JVM has this is guard
against DNS cache posioning attacks. Yet, there is already a defense in
the modern world against such attacks: TLS. With proper certificate
validation, even if a resolver falls prey to a DNS cache poisoning
attack, using TLS would neuter the attack. Therefore we have a policy
with dubious security value that significantly impacts usability. As
such we make the usability/security tradeoff towards usability, since
the security risks are very low. This commit introduces new system
properties that Elasticsearch observes to override the JVM DNS cache
policy.
In real deployments it is important that clusters are properly configured to
avoid accidentally forming multiple independent clusters at cluster
bootstrapping time. However we also expect to be able to unpack Elasticsearch
and start up one or more nodes without any up-front configuration, and have
them do their best to find each other and form a cluster after a few seconds.
This change adds a delayed automatic bootstrapping process to nodes that start
up with no relevant settings set to support the desired out-of-the-box
experience without compromising safety in properly-configured deployments.
Recent Docker for Mac releases[1] have a different path to the tty for
accessing the console of the xhyve vm, required for altering the
`vm.max_map_count` sysctl.
Update instructions on how to enter the xhyve vm for altering the
`vm.max_map_count` sysctl setting on Docker for Mac.
Closes#34817
[1]
https://forums.docker.com/t/is-it-possible-to-ssh-to-the-xhyve-machine/17426/13
If the underlying mount point for the JNA temporary directory is mounted
noexec on Linux, then the JVM will not be able to map the native code in
as executable. This will prevent JNA from executing and will prevent
Elasticsearch from being able to execute some functions that rely on
native code (e.g., memory locking, and installing system call
filters). We do not want to get into the business of catching exceptions
and parsing messages towards this because these exception messages can
change on us. We also do not want to jump through a lot of hoops to
check the underlying mount point for noexec. Instead, we will rely on
documentation to address this problem. This commit adds to the important
system configuration section of the docs that the JNA temporary
directory is not on a mount point with the noexec mount option.
With this change, `Version` no longer carries information about the qualifier,
we still need a way to show the "display version" that does have both
qualifier and snapshot. This is now stored by the build and red from `META-INF`.
