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Doc:Add section to security docs for API keys

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[[ls-api-keys]]
==== Grant access using API keys
Instead of using usernames and passwords, you can use API keys to grant
access to {es} resources. You can set API keys to expire at a certain time,
and you can explicitly invalidate them. Any user with the `manage_api_key`
or `manage_own_api_key` cluster privilege can create API keys.

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<1> The user you specify here must have the built-in `logstash_admin` role as
well as the `logstash_writer` role that you created earlier.
include::api-keys.asciidoc[]