Authentication and SSL support in Datastore

Install x-pack plugin for security. After downloading x-pack, perform the following:

• Navigate to [Performance Monitoring Toolset_installation_folder]/datastore/bin.
• Open up CLI and enter- elasticsearch-plugin install x-pack.

The default username is elastic and password is changeme.

Start the Datastore.

To confirm Datastore authentication, launch Datastore using a browser. You will need to enter the username and password.

Update the Datastore authentication details in Performance Monitoring Toolset. Follow the steps below:

• Navigate to [Performance Monitoring Toolset_installation_folder]/ bin folder.
• Open up CLI and run the batch file datastore.bat and enter the host and port details.

Set authentication to true and SSL to false. 

Start Performance Monitoring Toolset service. 

Install x-pack plugin for security. After downloading x-pack, perform the following:

1. Navigate to [Performance Monitoring Toolset_installation_folder]/datastore/bin.
2. Open up CLI and enter- elasticsearch-plugin install x-pack.
3. The default username is elastic and password is changeme.
   

In the file elasticsearch.yml (Performance Monitoring Toolset_installation_folder\datastore\config), update the following:

• xpack.security.enabled: true
• xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: true
• xpack.ssl.key: /path/to/abc.key
• xpack.ssl.certificate: /path/to/abc.crt
• xpack.ssl.certificate_authorities: /path/to/abc.crt

Restart Datastore.

Update the Datastore authentication details in Performance Monitoring Toolset. Follow the steps below:

• Navigate to [Performance Monitoring Toolset_installation_folder]/ bin folder.
• Open up CLI and run the batch file datastore.bat and enter the host and port details.
• Set authentication to true and SSL to true. If SSL is enabled, Authentication can’t be false.

Restart Performance Monitoring Toolset.