Check ES for CCR feature availability

CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Add dashboard for `redisenterprise` module. {pull}16752[16752]
 - Dynamically choose a method for the system/service metricset to support older linux distros. {pull}16902[16902]
 - Reduce memory usage in `elasticsearch/index` metricset. {issue}16503[16503] {pull}16538[16538]
+- Check if CCR feature is available on Elasticsearch cluster before attempting to call CCR APIs from `elasticsearch/ccr` metricset. {issue}16511[16511] {pull}17073[17073]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 

metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/ccr/_meta/docs.asciidoc

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 This is the `ccr` metricset of the Elasticsearch module. It interrogates the
-Cross Cluster Replication Stats API endpoint to fetch information about shards
-in the Elasticsearch cluster that are participating in cross-cluster replication.
+Cross-Cluster Replication Stats API endpoint to fetch metrics about cross-cluster
+replication from the Elasticsearch clusters that are participating in cross-cluster
+replication.
+
+If the Elasticserach cluster does not have the cross-cluster replication feature
+enabled, this metricset will not collect any metrics. A DEBUG log message about this
+will be emitted in the Metricbeat log.

metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/ccr/ccr.go

@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ func (m *MetricSet) checkCCRAvailability(currentElasticsearchVersion *common.Ver
 		return
 	}
 
+	xpack, err := elasticsearch.GetXPack(m.HTTP, m.GetServiceURI())
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "error determining xpack features")
+	}
+
+	if !xpack.Features.CCR.Enabled {
+		message = "the CCR feature is not enabled on your Elasticsearch cluster."
+		return
+	}
+
 	isAvailable := elastic.IsFeatureAvailable(currentElasticsearchVersion, elasticsearch.CCRStatsAPIAvailableVersion)
 
 	if !isAvailable {

metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/ccr/ccr_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package ccr
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch"
+
+	mbtest "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/metricbeat/mb/testing"
+)
+
+func startESServer(esVersion, license string, ccrEnabled bool) *httptest.Server {
+
+	nodesLocalHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"nodes": { "foobar": {}}}`))
+	}
+	clusterStateMasterHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"master_node": "foobar"}`))
+	}
+	rootHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/" {
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+		}
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"version": { "number": "` + esVersion + `" } }`))
+	}
+	licenseHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte(`{ "license": { "type": "` + license + `" } }`))
+	}
+	xpackHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte(`{ "features": { "ccr": { "enabled": ` + strconv.FormatBool(ccrEnabled) + `}}}`))
+	}
+	ccrStatsHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		http.Error(w, "this should never have been called", 418)
+	}
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.Handle("/_nodes/_local/nodes", http.HandlerFunc(nodesLocalHandler))
+	mux.Handle("/_cluster/state/master_node", http.HandlerFunc(clusterStateMasterHandler))
+	mux.Handle("/", http.HandlerFunc(rootHandler))
+	mux.Handle("/_license", http.HandlerFunc(licenseHandler))       // for 7.0 and above
+	mux.Handle("/_xpack/license", http.HandlerFunc(licenseHandler)) // for before 7.0
+	mux.Handle("/_xpack", http.HandlerFunc(xpackHandler))
+	mux.Handle("/_ccr/stats", http.HandlerFunc(ccrStatsHandler))
+
+	return httptest.NewServer(mux)
+}
+
+func TestCCRNotAvailable(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		esVersion  string
+		license    string
+		ccrEnabled bool
+	}{
+		"old_version": {
+			"6.4.0",
+			"platinum",
+			true,
+		},
+		"low_license": {
+			"7.6.0",
+			"basic",
+			true,
+		},
+		"feature_unavailable": {
+			"7.6.0",
+			"platinum",
+			false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Disable license caching for these tests
+	elasticsearch.LicenseCacheEnabled = false
+	defer func() { elasticsearch.LicenseCacheEnabled = true }()
+
+	for name, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			server := startESServer(test.esVersion, test.license, test.ccrEnabled)
+			defer server.Close()
+
+			ms := mbtest.NewReportingMetricSetV2Error(t, getConfig(server.URL))
+			events, errs := mbtest.ReportingFetchV2Error(ms)
+
+			require.Empty(t, errs)
+			require.Empty(t, events)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func getConfig(host string) map[string]interface{} {
+	return map[string]interface{}{
+		"module":     elasticsearch.ModuleName,
+		"metricsets": []string{"ccr"},
+		"hosts":      []string{host},
+	}
+}

metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go

@@ -363,6 +363,27 @@ func GetStackUsage(http *helper.HTTP, resetURI string) (common.MapStr, error) {
 	return stackUsage, err
 }
 
+type XPack struct {
+	Features struct {
+		CCR struct {
+			Enabled bool `json:"enabled"`
+		} `json:"CCR"`
+	} `json:"features"`
+}
+
+// GetXPack returns information about xpack features.
+func GetXPack(http *helper.HTTP, resetURI string) (XPack, error) {
+	content, err := fetchPath(http, resetURI, "_xpack", "")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return XPack{}, err
+	}
+
+	var xpack XPack
+	err = json.Unmarshal(content, &xpack)
+	return xpack, err
+}
+
 // IsMLockAllEnabled returns if the given Elasticsearch node has mlockall enabled
 func IsMLockAllEnabled(http *helper.HTTP, resetURI, nodeID string) (bool, error) {
 	content, err := fetchPath(http, resetURI, "_nodes/"+nodeID, "filter_path=nodes.*.process.mlockall")
@@ -437,8 +458,13 @@ func MergeClusterSettings(clusterSettings common.MapStr) (common.MapStr, error)
 	return settings, nil
 }
 
-// Global cache for license information. Assumption is that license information changes infrequently.
-var licenseCache = &_licenseCache{}
+var (
+	// Global cache for license information. Assumption is that license information changes infrequently.
+	licenseCache = &_licenseCache{}
+
+	// LicenseCacheEnabled controls whether license caching is enabled or not. Intended for test use.
+	LicenseCacheEnabled = true
+)
 
 type _licenseCache struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
@@ -460,6 +486,10 @@ func (c *_licenseCache) get() *License {
 }
 
 func (c *_licenseCache) set(license *License, ttl time.Duration) {
+	if !LicenseCacheEnabled {
+		return
+	}
+
 	c.Lock()
 	defer c.Unlock()