My current and preferred ES authentication solution is jetty, https://github.com/sonian/elasticsearch-jetty
I'll definitely look into modifying ES index writer plugin in Nutch. Thanks On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Jake K. Dodd <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately, elasticsearch does not support authentication/authorization > out of the box. This is a limitation of elasticsearch, and not Nutch. > > However, you have a few options, none of which I can personally recommend > because I haven't used them. One is the elasticsearch-http-basic plugin, > which you can find on GitHub. It seems to be pretty well maintained. > Another option is to put elasticsearch behind a reverse proxy--I know that > nginx is a popular solution here. > > However, before you explore any of those options too deeply, I suggest you > confirm that HTTP basic auth is supported in the elasticsearch Java API. > After you confirm this, and decide on an authentication system, you'll need > to modify the elastic index writer plugin in Nutch. > > Cheers > > Jake K Dodd > > > On Sep 13, 2014, at 4:30, Michael Boyar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > HTTP basic auth would be fine. More generally, any auth would be fine. > > > > Thanks > > > >> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Jake K. Dodd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> What type of authentication? HTTP basic auth? > >> > >> Jake K Dodd > >> > >>> On Sep 12, 2014, at 19:32, Michael Boyar <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Is it possible to configure Nutch to authenticate to ElasticSearch > (when > >>> Nutch updates ES)? > >>> > >>> I'd use any version combination, or any plugins and features just to > make > >>> the authentication work. > >>> > >>> Thank you > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > -- Thanks, Mike

