logstash user

Create a user with the logstash_writer role for logstash.

POST /_security/user/logstash_internal
{
  "password" : "x-pack-test-password",
  "roles" : [ "logstash_writer"],
  "full_name" : "Internal Logstash User"
}

beats user

I’m not sure what I was doing here. These are probably notes about the roles required?

manage_index_templates
monitor
manage_ilm

indices: `*beat*`
priviledges: write create delete create_index manage manage_ilm