<ul><li>This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough for connecting Elasticsearch to external certificates issued by a Certificate Authority (CA).</li><li>Generate a CSR for each node by creating a CSR configuration file and using the elasticsearch-certutil tool.</li><li>Submit the CSR to an external CA for signing and collect the signed certificates.</li><li>Import the CA certificate into the server's trust store and distribute the certificates to the nodes.</li><li>Configure SSL/TLS in Elasticsearch by editing the elasticsearch.yml file and restart Elasticsearch to apply the changes.</li></ul>

Generating a CSR and Using an External Certificate with Elasticsearch

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