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