Add note outlining where cloud ID is used for LS modules

Fixes #8828
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DeDe Morton 2017-12-11 13:21:28 -08:00
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@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ Logstash comes with two settings that simplify using modules with https://cloud.
The Elasticsearch and Kibana hostnames in Elastic Cloud may be hard to set
in the Logstash config or on the commandline, so a Cloud ID can be used instead.
NOTE: Cloud ID applies only when a Logstash module is enabled, otherwise
specifying Cloud ID has no effect. Cloud ID applies to data that gets sent via
the module, to runtime metrics sent via {xpack} monitoring, and to the endpoint
used by {xpack} central management features of Logstash, unless explicit
overrides to {xpack} settings are specified in `logstash.yml`.
==== Cloud ID
The Cloud ID, which can be found in the Elastic Cloud web console, is used by