Added a case for Alerting if security/ssl is disabled

x-pack/plugins/monitoring/kibana.json

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "kibanaLegacy",
     "triggers_actions_ui",
     "alerts",
-    "actions"
+    "actions",
+    "encryptedSavedObjects"
   ],
   "optionalPlugins": ["infra", "telemetryCollectionManager", "usageCollection", "home", "cloud"],
   "server": true,

x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/services/clusters.js

@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ export function monitoringClustersProvider($injector) {
     }
 
     function ensureAlertsEnabled() {
-      return $http.post('../api/monitoring/v1/alerts/enable', {}).catch((err) => {
-        const Private = $injector.get('Private');
-        const ajaxErrorHandlers = Private(ajaxErrorHandlersProvider);
-        return ajaxErrorHandlers(err);
+      return $http.post('../api/monitoring/v1/alerts/enable', {}).catch(() => {
+        /**
+         * Ignoring for now, but should really indicate what is the cause
+         */
       });
     }
 

x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/verify_alerting_security.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { RequestHandlerContext } from 'kibana/server';
+
+import { EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup } from '../../../../encrypted_saved_objects/server';
+
+export interface AlertingFrameworkHealth {
+  isSufficientlySecure: boolean;
+  hasPermanentEncryptionKey: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface XPackUsageSecurity {
+  security?: {
+    enabled?: boolean;
+    ssl?: {
+      http?: {
+        enabled?: boolean;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+export class AlertingSecurity {
+  private static _encryptedSavedObjects: EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup;
+
+  public static readonly init = (encryptedSavedObjects: EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup) => {
+    AlertingSecurity._encryptedSavedObjects = encryptedSavedObjects;
+  };
+
+  public static readonly getSecurityHealth = async (
+    context: RequestHandlerContext
+  ): Promise<AlertingFrameworkHealth> => {
+    const {
+      security: {
+        enabled: isSecurityEnabled = false,
+        ssl: { http: { enabled: isTLSEnabled = false } = {} } = {},
+      } = {},
+    }: XPackUsageSecurity = await context.core.elasticsearch.legacy.client.callAsInternalUser(
+      'transport.request',
+      {
+        method: 'GET',
+        path: '/_xpack/usage',
+      }
+    );
+
+    if (!AlertingSecurity._encryptedSavedObjects) {
+      throw Error(
+        'AlertingSecurity.init() needs to be set before using AlertingSecurity.getSecurityHealth'
+      );
+    }
+
+    return {
+      isSufficientlySecure: !isSecurityEnabled || (isSecurityEnabled && isTLSEnabled),
+      hasPermanentEncryptionKey: !AlertingSecurity._encryptedSavedObjects
+        .usingEphemeralEncryptionKey,
+    };
+  };
+}

x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/plugin.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { requireUIRoutes } from './routes';
 import { initBulkUploader } from './kibana_monitoring';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { initInfraSource } from './lib/logs/init_infra_source';
+import { AlertingSecurity } from './lib/elasticsearch/verify_alerting_security';
 import { instantiateClient } from './es_client/instantiate_client';
 import { registerCollectors } from './kibana_monitoring/collectors';
 import { registerMonitoringCollection } from './telemetry_collection';
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export class Plugin {
   }
 
   async setup(core: CoreSetup, plugins: PluginsSetup) {
+    AlertingSecurity.init(plugins.encryptedSavedObjects);
     const [config, legacyConfig] = await combineLatest([
       this.initializerContext.config
         .create<TypeOf<typeof configSchema>>()

x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/alerts/enable.ts

@@ -10,23 +10,33 @@ import { AlertsFactory } from '../../../../alerts';
 import { RouteDependencies } from '../../../../types';
 import { ALERT_ACTION_TYPE_LOG } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 import { ActionResult } from '../../../../../../actions/common';
-// import { fetchDefaultEmailAddress } from '../../../../lib/alerts/fetch_default_email_address';
+import { AlertingSecurity } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/verify_alerting_security';
 
 const DEFAULT_SERVER_LOG_NAME = 'Monitoring: Write to Kibana log';
 
-export function enableAlertsRoute(server: any, npRoute: RouteDependencies) {
+export function enableAlertsRoute(_server: unknown, npRoute: RouteDependencies) {
   npRoute.router.post(
     {
       path: '/api/monitoring/v1/alerts/enable',
       options: { tags: ['access:monitoring'] },
       validate: false,
     },
-    async (context, request, response) => {
+    async (context, _request, response) => {
       try {
+        const {
+          isSufficientlySecure,
+          hasPermanentEncryptionKey,
+        } = await AlertingSecurity.getSecurityHealth(context);
         const alertsClient = context.alerting?.getAlertsClient();
         const actionsClient = context.actions?.getActionsClient();
         const types = context.actions?.listTypes();
-        if (!alertsClient || !actionsClient || !types) {
+        if (
+          !alertsClient ||
+          !actionsClient ||
+          !types ||
+          !isSufficientlySecure ||
+          !hasPermanentEncryptionKey
+        ) {
           return response.notFound();
         }
 

x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/types.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { InfraPluginSetup } from '../../infra/server';
 import { LicensingPluginSetup } from '../../licensing/server';
 import { PluginSetupContract as FeaturesPluginSetupContract } from '../../features/server';
+import { EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup } from '../../encrypted_saved_objects/server';
 
 export interface MonitoringLicenseService {
   refresh: () => Promise<any>;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export interface LegacyAPI {
 }
 
 export interface PluginsSetup {
+  encryptedSavedObjects: EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup;
   telemetryCollectionManager?: TelemetryCollectionManagerPluginSetup;
   usageCollection?: UsageCollectionSetup;
   licensing: LicensingPluginSetup;