elasticsearch-security-troubleshooting

SKILL.md

Elasticsearch Security Troubleshooting

Diagnose and resolve common Elasticsearch security issues. This skill provides a structured triage workflow for
authentication failures, authorization errors, TLS problems, API key issues, role mapping mismatches, Kibana login
failures, and license-expiry lockouts.

For authentication methods and API key management, see the elasticsearch-authn skill. For roles, users, and role
mappings, see the elasticsearch-authz skill. For license management, see the elasticsearch-license skill.

For diagnostic API endpoints, see references/api-reference.md.

Deployment note: Diagnostic API availability differs between self-managed, ECH, and Serverless. See
Deployment Compatibility for details.

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