From 31fcb0b118c28d927c6fd02b010cae07b66d1197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aleh Zasypkin Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 16:08:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Remove docs reference to ephemeral encryption key. (#129331) Co-authored-by: Joe Portner <5295965+jportner@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit ce83b0a5d9e04ad0629d2609c73ad01832d92b15) --- docs/user/security/secure-saved-objects.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/user/security/secure-saved-objects.asciidoc b/docs/user/security/secure-saved-objects.asciidoc index 3b15a576500f1..1093aa1de0d05 100644 --- a/docs/user/security/secure-saved-objects.asciidoc +++ b/docs/user/security/secure-saved-objects.asciidoc @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ xpack.encryptedSavedObjects: [IMPORTANT] ============================================================================ -If you don't specify an encryption key, {kib} automatically generates a random key at startup. Every time you restart {kib}, it uses a new ephemeral encryption key and is unable to decrypt saved objects encrypted with another key. To prevent data loss, {kib} might disable features that rely on this encryption until you explicitly set an encryption key. +If you don't specify an encryption key, {kib} might disable features that rely on encrypted saved objects. ============================================================================ [[encryption-key-rotation]]