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Docs: Clarify sensitive fields watcher encryption (#31551)

Clarify the scope of encrypting sensitive settings in watcher, which fields
are encrypted and if users can have their own encrypted fields.
Alexander Reelsen 7 ani în urmă
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      x-pack/docs/en/watcher/encrypting-data.asciidoc

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x-pack/docs/en/watcher/encrypting-data.asciidoc

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ information or details about your SMTP email service. You can encrypt this
 data by generating a key and adding some secure settings on each node in your
 cluster.
 
+Every `password` field that is used in your watch within a HTTP basic
+authentication block - for example within a webhook, a HTTP input or when using
+the reporting email attachment - will not be stored as plain text anymore. Also
+be aware, that there is no way to configure your own fields in a watch to be
+encrypted.
+
 To encrypt sensitive data in {watcher}:
 
 . Use the {ref}/syskeygen.html[elasticsearch-syskeygen] command to create a system key file.