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[REQUEST]: Document Extended Key Usage for logstash output #1757

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There is no mention of Extended Key Usage (RFC 3280 extension point 4.2.1.13) required value(s) when certificates are not generated using elasticsearch-certutil to secure agent connection to fleet-managed logstash output

Possible improvement

Confirm the requirements are same as for beats example for filebeat doc and just copy the same statement at the beginning of https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/secure-logstash-connections.html#generate-logstash-certs:

If you choose not to use certutil, the certificates that you obtain must allow for both clientAuth and serverAuth if the extended key usage extension is present.

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Potentially check we use same libbeat code for logstash output managed by fleet so requirements documented for beats would apply equally

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The documentation team will investigate the issue and create the initial content.

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kilfoyle

kilfoyle commented on Apr 29, 2025

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I've opened a docs PR: #1758
We'll just need confirmation from development to make sure that the requirement applies to Fleet's Logstash output as it does to Filebeat.

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colleenmcginnis

colleenmcginnis commented on May 22, 2025

@colleenmcginnis
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@kilfoyle do you want to see this one through or would you like to hand it off?

kilfoyle

kilfoyle commented on May 22, 2025

@kilfoyle
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@colleenmcginnis Thanks. I'm happy to hand it off. I don't think I can transfer authorship of the PR, but I don't mind keep it open if that helps. I'm reluctant to merge it until we have confirmation from engineering.

colleenmcginnis

colleenmcginnis commented on May 22, 2025

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We can keep it open, and I'll just assign myself and shepherd it along if that's ok with you. 🙂

kilfoyle

kilfoyle commented on May 22, 2025

@kilfoyle
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Sure thing. Thanks Colleen!

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        [REQUEST]: Document Extended Key Usage for logstash output · Issue #1757 · elastic/ingest-docs