Repository: accumulo-website
Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/asf-site f2a066e8b -> 3ab856d4d
  refs/heads/master d43fd4cdc -> db5a5518c


ACCUMULO-4660 Update docs to definitively inform that monitor should not be 
internet-facing


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo-website/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo-website/commit/db5a5518
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo-website/tree/db5a5518
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo-website/diff/db5a5518

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: db5a5518c0e8fa132bce09b6fdd56727785cf516
Parents: d43fd4c
Author: Josh Elser <[email protected]>
Authored: Wed Jun 21 11:17:37 2017 -0400
Committer: Josh Elser <[email protected]>
Committed: Wed Jun 21 11:17:37 2017 -0400

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 _docs-unreleased/administration/monitoring-metrics.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo-website/blob/db5a5518/_docs-unreleased/administration/monitoring-metrics.md
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diff --git a/_docs-unreleased/administration/monitoring-metrics.md 
b/_docs-unreleased/administration/monitoring-metrics.md
index afb8df0..d37e6a4 100644
--- a/_docs-unreleased/administration/monitoring-metrics.md
+++ b/_docs-unreleased/administration/monitoring-metrics.md
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ The Traces page displays data for recent traces performed 
(see the following sec
 The Recent Logs page displays warning and error logs forwarded to the monitor 
from all Accumulo processes.
 Also, the XML and JSON links provide metrics in XML and JSON formats, 
respectively.
 
+The Accumulo monitor does a best-effort to not display any sensitive 
information to users; however,
+the monitor is intended to be a tool used with care. It is not a 
production-grade webservice. It is
+a good idea to whitelist access to the monitor via an authentication proxy or 
firewall. It
+is strongly recommended that the Monitor is not exposed to any 
publicly-accessible networks.
+
 ### SSL
 
 SSL may be enabled for the monitor page by setting the following properties in 
the `accumulo-site.xml` file:

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