diff --git a/opennms-base-assembly/src/main/filtered/etc/org.opennms.features.elasticsearch.eventforwarder.cfg b/opennms-base-assembly/src/main/filtered/etc/org.opennms.features.elasticsearch.eventforwarder.cfg
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+#
+# See: www.opennms.org/wiki/Dev-Jam_2015/elasticsearch
+#
+# for instructions on how to use this feature
+#
+
+# name of the ES cluster
+elasticsearchCluster=opennms
+# ip to connect to
+elasticsearchIp=localhost
+# also log event description (impacts index size and might not contain useful information)
+logEventDescription=false
+# 0=unlimited
+cache_max_ttl=0
+# 0=unlimited
+cache_max_size=10000