diff --git a/docs/reference/settings/audit-settings.asciidoc b/docs/reference/settings/audit-settings.asciidoc index 5995c65a01c9f..524198df58c47 100644 --- a/docs/reference/settings/audit-settings.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/settings/audit-settings.asciidoc @@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ xpack.security.audit.index.settings: number_of_replicas: 1 ---------------------------- -- ++ +-- +NOTE: These settings apply to the local audit indices, as well as to the +<>, but only if the remote cluster +does *not* have {security} installed, or the {es} versions are different. +If the remote cluster has {security} installed, and the versions coincide, the +settings for the audit indices there will take precedence, +even if they are unspecified (i.e. left to defaults). +-- [[remote-audit-settings]] ==== Remote Audit Log Indexing Configuration Settings diff --git a/x-pack/docs/en/security/auditing/output-index.asciidoc b/x-pack/docs/en/security/auditing/output-index.asciidoc index a07bd7a8d06eb..1c59762ea2a98 100644 --- a/x-pack/docs/en/security/auditing/output-index.asciidoc +++ b/x-pack/docs/en/security/auditing/output-index.asciidoc @@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ xpack.security.audit.index.settings: number_of_replicas: 1 ---------------------------- +These settings apply to the local audit indices, as well as to the +<>, but only if the remote cluster +does *not* have {security} installed, or the {es} versions are different. +If the remote cluster has {security} installed, and the versions coincide, the +settings for the audit indices there will take precedence, +even if they are unspecified (i.e. left to defaults). + NOTE: Audit events are batched for indexing so there is a lag before events appear in the index. You can control how frequently batches of events are pushed to the index by setting