Watcher Settings in Elasticsearch

You configure xpack.notification settings in elasticsearch.yml to send set up Watcher and send notifications via email, HipChat, Slack, and PagerDuty.

General Watcher Settings

xpack.watcher.enabled
Set to false to disable Watcher on the node.
xpack.watcher.history.cleaner_service.enabled
Set to false (default) to disable the cleaner service. If this setting is true, the xpack.monitoring.enabled setting must also be set to true. The cleaner service removes previous versions of Watcher indices (for example, .watcher-history*) when it determines that they are old. The duration of Watcher indices is determined by the xpack.monitoring.history.duration setting, which defaults to 7 days. For more information about that setting, see Monitoring Settings. [5.6.4] Added in 5.6.4.
xpack.http.proxy.host
Specifies the address of the proxy server to use to connect to HTTP services.
xpack.http.proxy.port
Specifies the port number to use to connect to the proxy server.
xpack.http.default_connection_timeout
The maximum period to wait until abortion of the request, when a connection is being initiated.
xpack.http.default_read_timeout
The maximum period of inactivity between two data packets, before the request is aborted.

Watcher TLS/SSL Settings

You can configure the following TLS/SSL settings. If the settings are not configured, the Default TLS/SSL Settings are used.

xpack.http.ssl.supported_protocols
Supported protocols with versions. Valid protocols: SSLv2Hello, SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2. Defaults to TLSv1.2, TLSv1.1, TLSv1. Defaults to the value of xpack.ssl.supported_protocols.
xpack.http.ssl.verification_mode
Controls the verification of certificates. Valid values are none, certificate, and full. Defaults to the value of xpack.ssl.verification_mode.
xpack.http.ssl.cipher_suites
Supported cipher suites can be found in Oracle’s Java Cryptography Architecture documentation. Defaults to the value of xpack.ssl.cipher_suites.

Watcher TLS/SSL Key and Trusted Certificate Settings

The following settings are used to specify a private key, certificate, and the trusted certificates that should be used when communicating over an SSL/TLS connection. If none of the settings below are specified, the Default TLS/SSL Settings are used. A private key and certificate are optional and would be used if the server requires client authentication for PKI authentication. If none of the settings below are specified, the Default TLS/SSL Settings are used.

PEM Encoded Files

When using PEM encoded files, use the following settings:

xpack.http.ssl.key
Path to a PEM encoded file containing the private key.
xpack.http.ssl.key_passphrase
The passphrase that is used to decrypt the private key. This value is optional as the key might not be encrypted.
xpack.http.ssl.secure_key_passphrase (Secure)
The passphrase that is used to decrypt the private key. This value is optional as the key might not be encrypted.
xpack.http.ssl.certificate
Path to a PEM encoded file containing the certificate (or certificate chain) that will be presented when requested.
xpack.http.ssl.certificate_authorities
List of paths to the PEM encoded certificate files that should be trusted.

Java Keystore Files

When using Java keystore files (JKS), which contain the private key, certificate and certificates that should be trusted, use the following settings:

xpack.http.ssl.keystore.path
Path to the keystore that holds the private key and certificate.
xpack.http.ssl.keystore.password
Password to the keystore.
+xpack.http.ssl.keystore.secure_password` (Secure)
Password to the keystore.
xpack.http.ssl.keystore.key_password
Password for the private key in the keystore. Defaults to the same value as xpack.http.ssl.keystore.password.
xpack.http.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password (Secure)
Password for the private key in the keystore.
xpack.http.ssl.truststore.path
Path to the truststore file.
xpack.http.ssl.truststore.password
Password to the truststore.
xpack.http.ssl.truststore.secure_password (Secure)
Password to the truststore.

Email Notification Settings

You can configure the following email notification settings in elasticsearch.yml. For more information about sending notifications via email, see Configuring Email.

xpack.notification.email.account

Specifies account information for sending notifications via email. You can specify the following email account attributes:

+ profile;; The email profile to use to build the MIME messages that are sent from the account. Valid values: standard, gmail and outlook. Defaults to standard.

email_defaults.*
An optional set of email attributes to use as defaults for the emails sent from the account. See Email Action Attributes for the supported attributes.
smtp.auth
Set to true to attempt to authenticate the user using the AUTH command. Defaults to false.
smtp.host
The SMTP server to connect to. Required.
smtp.port
The SMTP server port to connect to. Defaults to 25.
smtp.user
The user name for SMTP. Required.
smtp.password
The password for the specified SMTP user.
smtp.starttls.enable
Set to true to enable the use of the STARTTLS command (if supported by the server) to switch the connection to a TLS-protected connection before issuing any login commands. Note that an appropriate trust store must configured so that the client will trust the server’s certificate. Defaults to false.
smtp.*
SMTP attributes that enable fine control over the SMTP protocol when sending messages. See com.sun.mail.smtp for the full list of SMTP properties you can set. Note that all timeouts (writetimeout, connection_timeout and timeout) default to 2 minutes.
xpack.notification.email.html.sanitization.allow
Specifies the HTML elements that are allowed in email notifications. For more information, see Configuring HTML Sanitization Options. You can specify individual HTML elements and the following HTML feature groups:

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_tables
All table related elements: <table>, <th>, <tr> and <td>.
_blocks
The following block elements: <p>, <div>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>, and <blockquote>.
_formatting
The following inline formatting elements: <b>, <i>, <s>, <u>, <o>, <sup>, <sub>, <ins>, <del>, <strong>, <strike>, <tt>, <code>, <big>, <small>, <br>, <span>, and <em>.
_links
The <a> element with an href attribute that points to a URL using the following protocols: http, https and mailto.
_styles
The style attribute on all elements. Note that CSS attributes are also sanitized to prevent XSS attacks.
img
img:all
All images (external and embedded).
img:embedded
Only embedded images. Embedded images can only use the cid: URL protocol in their src attribute.
xpack.notification.email.html.sanitization.disallow
Specifies the HTML elements that are NOT allowed in email notifications. You can specify individual HTML elements and HTML feature groups.
xpack.notification.email.html.sanitization.enabled
Set to false to completely disable HTML sanitation. Not recommended. Defaults to true.

HipChat Notification Settings

You can configure the following HipChat notification settings in elasticsearch.yml. For more information about sending notifications via HipChat, see Configuring HipChat.

xpack.notification.hipchat

Specifies account information for sending notifications via HipChat. You can specify the following HipChat account attributes:

profile
The HipChat account profile to use: integration, user, or v1. Required.
auth_token
The authentication token to use to access the HipChat API. Required.
host
The HipChat server hostname. Defaults to api.hipchat.com.
port
The HipChat server port number. Defaults to 443.
room
The room you want to send messages to. Must be specified if the profile is set to integration. Not valid for the user or vi profiles.
user
The HipChat user account to use to send messages. Specified as an email address. Must be specified if the profile is set to user. Not valid for the integration or v1 profiles.
message.format
The format of the message: text or html. Defaults to html.
message.color
The background color of the notification in the room. Defaults to yellow.
message.notify
Indicates whether people in the room should be actively notified. Defaults to false.

Slack Notification Settings

You can configure the following Slack notification settings in elasticsearch.yml. For more information about sending notifications via Slack, see Configuring Slack.

xpack.notification.slack

Specifies account information for sending notifications via Slack. You can specify the following Slack account attributes:

url
The Incoming Webhook URL to use to post messages to Slack. Required.
message_defaults.from
The sender name to display in the Slack message. Defaults to the watch ID.
message_defaults.to
The default Slack channels or groups you want to send messages to.
message_defaults.icon
The icon to display in the Slack messages. Overrides the incoming webhook’s configured icon. Accepts a public URL to an image.
message_defaults.text
The default message content.
message_defaults.attachment
Default message attachments. Slack message attachments enable you to create more richly-formatted messages. Specified as an array as defined in the Slack attachments documentation.

Jira Notification Settings

You can configure the following Jira notification settings in elasticsearch.yml. For more information about using notifications to create issues in Jira, see Configuring Jira.

xpack.notification.jira
Specifies account information for using notifications to create issues in Jira. You can specify the following Jira account attributes:

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url
The URL of the Jira Software server. Required.
user
The name of the user to connect to the Jira Software server. Required.
password
The password of the user to connect to the Jira Software server. Required.
issue_defaults
Default fields values for the issue created in Jira. See Jira Action Attributes for more information. Optional.

PagerDuty Notification Settings

You can configure the following PagerDuty notification settings in elasticsearch.yml. For more information about sending notifications via PagerDuty, see Configuring PagerDuty.

xpack.notification.pagerduty

Specifies account information for sending notifications via PagerDuty. You can specify the following PagerDuty account attributes:

name
A name for the PagerDuty account associated with the API key you are using to access PagerDuty. Required.
service_api_key
The PagerDuty API key to use to access PagerDuty. Required.
event_defaults

Default values for PagerDuty event attributes. Optional.

description
A string that contains the default description for PagerDuty events. If no default is configured, each PagerDuty action must specify a description.
incident_key
A string that contains the default incident key to use when sending PagerDuty events.
client
A string that specifies the default monitoring client.
client_url
The URL of the default monitoring client.
event_type
The default event type. Valid values: trigger,resolve, acknowledge.
attach_payload
Whether or not to provide the watch payload as context for the event by default. Valid values: true, false.