Elasticsearch

Create an integration to manage access to an Elasticsearch instance

Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine designed for horizontal scalability, reliability, and real-time search. It enables users to store, search, and analyze big volumes of data quickly and in near real-time. Elasticsearch is widely used for log and event data analysis, full-text search, and complex searches across large datasets.

Through this integration, Apono helps you securely manage access to your Elasticsearch instance.

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Prerequisites

Item	Description
Apono Connector	On-prem connection serving as a bridge between an Elasticsearch instance and Apono: AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes
Apono HTTP Proxy	Authorization controls to manage Elasticsearch The default Elasticsearch capabilities do not include authorization controls and therefore neither does the API. When integrating with Apono using the HTTP Proxy, you will be able to manage access to Elasticsearch using Apono Access Flows.

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Integrate Elasticsearch

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You can also use the steps below to integrate with Apono using Terraform.

In step 8, instead of clicking Confirm, follow the Are you integrating with Apono using Terraform? guidance.

Follow these steps to complete the integration:

1. On the Catalog tab, click Elasticsearch. The Connect integration page appears.

2. Under Discovery, click Next. The Apono connector section expands.

3. From the dropdown menu, select a connector.

If the desired connector is not listed, click + Add new connector and follow the instructions for creating a connector (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes).

1. Click Next. The Integration Config section expands.

2. Define the Integration Config settings.

   Setting	Description
   Integration Name	Unique, alphanumeric, user-friendly name used to identify this integration when constructing an access flow
   Proxy Address	Elasticsearch proxy address
   Clusters	Array of Elasticsearch clusters Example: [{"name":"cluster-1","hostname":"cluster-1.customer.com:9200"}]

3. Click Next. The Get more with Apono section expands.

4. Define the Get more with Apono settings.

   Setting	Description
   Custom Access Details	(Optional) Instructions explaining how to access this integration's resources Upon accessing an integration, a message with these instructions will be displayed to end users in the User Portal. The message may include up to 400 characters. To view the message as it appears to end users, click Preview.
   Integration Owner	(Optional) Fallback approver if no resource owner is found Follow these steps to define one or several integration owners: From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform. From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups. NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.
   Resource Owner	(Optional) Group or role responsible for managing access approvals or rejections for the resource Follow these steps to define one or several resource owners: Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment. From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated. Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono. NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.

5. Click Confirm.

💡Are you integrating with Apono using Terraform?

If you want to integrate with Apono using Terraform, follow these steps instead of clicking Confirm:

1. At the top of the screen, click View as Code. A modal appears with the completed Terraform configuration code.

2. Click to copy the code.

3. Make any additional edits.

4. Deploy the code in your Terraform.

Refer to Integration Config Metadata for more details about the schema definition.

Now that you have completed this integration, you can create access flows that grant permission to your Elasticsearch instance.