Hi,
we are happy to announce that Search Guard FLX Beta for Elasticsearch and Kibana 8.4.x, 8.3.3, and 8.2.3 has just been released:
https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/search-guard-versions
The release is based on our next-gen Search Guard FLX codebase, so it supports all new and shiny FLX features like:
- Lightweight sgctl command-line interface for fast and easy security configuration handling
- A new and streamlined configuration format
- Built-in variables store: manage sensitive configuration variables encrypted on your Elasticsearch cluster
- Session-based login for Kibana that fixed lots of outstanding issues with Kibana login and cookies
- Support for multiple authentication methods in Kibana
- Significantly faster performance in many areas
And much more!
We are eager to hear your feedback! If you encounter any problems, or if you have suggestions or other feedback on the functionality, go ahead and share it on the available channels:
Jochen and the Search Guard team
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