diff --git a/qa/remote-clusters/build.gradle b/qa/remote-clusters/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3027a0d5b91b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/remote-clusters/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.testfixtures.TestFixturesPlugin
+
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.standalone-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.test.fixtures'
+
+testFixtures.useFixture()
+
+configurations {
+  restSpec
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  restSpec project(':rest-api-spec')
+  testCompile project(':client:rest-high-level')
+}
+
+task copyKeystore(type: Sync) {
+  from project(':x-pack:plugin:core')
+    .file('src/test/resources/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/ssl/certs/simple/testnode.jks')
+  into "${buildDir}/certs"
+  doLast {
+    file("${buildDir}/certs").setReadable(true, false)
+    file("${buildDir}/certs/testnode.jks").setReadable(true, false)
+  }
+}
+
+preProcessFixture {
+  if (TestFixturesPlugin.dockerComposeSupported()) {
+    if ('default'.equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty('tests.distribution', 'default'))) {
+      dependsOn ":distribution:docker:buildDockerImage"
+    } else {
+      dependsOn ":distribution:docker:buildOssDockerImage"
+    }
+  }
+  dependsOn copyKeystore
+  doLast {
+    // tests expect to have an empty repo
+    project.delete(
+      "${buildDir}/repo",
+      "${buildDir}/oss-repo"
+    )
+    createAndSetWritable(
+      "${buildDir}/repo",
+      "${buildDir}/oss-repo",
+      "${buildDir}/logs/default-1",
+      "${buildDir}/logs/default-2",
+      "${buildDir}/logs/oss-1",
+      "${buildDir}/logs/oss-2"
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+if (TestFixturesPlugin.dockerComposeSupported()) {
+  dockerCompose {
+    tcpPortsToIgnoreWhenWaiting = [9600, 9601]
+    if ('default'.equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty('tests.distribution', 'default'))) {
+      useComposeFiles = ['docker-compose.yml']
+    } else {
+      useComposeFiles = ['docker-compose-oss.yml']
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+def createAndSetWritable(Object... locations) {
+  locations.each { location ->
+    File file = file(location)
+    file.mkdirs()
+    file.setWritable(true, false)
+  }
+}
+
+processTestResources {
+  from({ zipTree(configurations.restSpec.singleFile) }) {
+    include 'rest-api-spec/api/**'
+  }
+  from project(':x-pack:plugin:core')
+    .file('src/test/resources/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/ssl/certs/simple/testnode.jks')
+  dependsOn configurations.restSpec
+}
+
+task integTest(type: Test) {
+  outputs.doNotCacheIf('Build cache is disabled for Docker tests') { true }
+  maxParallelForks = '1'
+  include '**/*IT.class'
+  // don't add the tasks to build the docker images if we have no way of testing them
+  if (TestFixturesPlugin.dockerComposeSupported()) {
+    dependsOn ":distribution:docker:buildDockerImage"
+  }
+}
+
+check.dependsOn integTest
diff --git a/qa/remote-clusters/docker-compose-oss.yml b/qa/remote-clusters/docker-compose-oss.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5cd891373c5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/remote-clusters/docker-compose-oss.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# Only used for testing the docker images
+version: '3.7'
+services:
+  elasticsearch-oss-1:
+    image: elasticsearch:test
+    environment:
+       - node.name=elasticsearch-oss-1
+       - cluster.initial_master_nodes=elasticsearch-oss-1
+       - cluster.name=elasticsearch-oss-1
+       - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+       - network.publish_host=127.0.0.1
+       - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
+       - path.repo=/tmp/es-repo
+       - node.attr.testattr=test
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low=1b
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high=1b
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage=1b
+       - script.max_compilations_rate=2048/1m
+       - node.store.allow_mmap=false
+    volumes:
+       - ./build/oss-repo:/tmp/es-repo
+       - ./build/logs/oss-1:/usr/share/elasticsearch/logs
+    ports:
+      - "9200"
+      - "9300"
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536
+        hard: 65536
+    healthcheck:
+      start_period: 15s
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:9200"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 2s
+      retries: 5
+  elasticsearch-oss-2:
+    image: elasticsearch:test
+    environment:
+       - node.name=elasticsearch-oss-2
+       - cluster.initial_master_nodes=elasticsearch-oss-2
+       - cluster.name=elasticsearch-oss-2
+       - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+       - network.publish_host=127.0.0.1
+       - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
+       - path.repo=/tmp/es-repo
+       - node.attr.testattr=test
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low=1b
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high=1b
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage=1b
+       - script.max_compilations_rate=2048/1m
+       - node.store.allow_mmap=false
+    volumes:
+       - ./build/oss-repo:/tmp/es-repo
+       - ./build/logs/oss-2:/usr/share/elasticsearch/logs
+    ports:
+      - "9200"
+      - "9300"
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+    healthcheck:
+      start_period: 15s
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:9200"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 2s
+      retries: 5
+  haproxy:
+    image: haproxy:2.1.2
+    ports:
+      - "9600"
+    volumes:
+      - ./haproxy-oss.cfg:/usr/local/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg:ro
diff --git a/qa/remote-clusters/docker-compose.yml b/qa/remote-clusters/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..05af5541785ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/remote-clusters/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# Only used for testing the docker images
+version: '3.7'
+services:
+  elasticsearch-default-1:
+    image: elasticsearch:test
+    environment:
+       - node.name=elasticsearch-default-1
+       - cluster.initial_master_nodes=elasticsearch-default-1
+       - cluster.name=elasticsearch-default-1
+       - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+       - network.publish_host=127.0.0.1
+       - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
+       - path.repo=/tmp/es-repo
+       - node.attr.testattr=test
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low=1b
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high=1b
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage=1b
+       - script.max_compilations_rate=2048/1m
+       - node.store.allow_mmap=false
+       - xpack.security.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.authc.token.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.audit.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.authc.realms.file.file1.order=0
+       - xpack.security.authc.realms.native.native1.order=1
+       - xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/testnode.jks
+       - xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/testnode.jks
+       - xpack.http.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
+       - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
+       - xpack.license.self_generated.type=trial
+    volumes:
+       - ./build/repo:/tmp/es-repo
+       - ./build/certs/testnode.jks:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/testnode.jks
+       - ./build/logs/default-1:/usr/share/elasticsearch/logs
+       - ./docker-test-entrypoint.sh:/docker-test-entrypoint.sh
+    ports:
+      - "9200"
+      - "9300"
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536
+        hard: 65536
+    entrypoint: /docker-test-entrypoint.sh
+    healthcheck:
+      start_period: 15s
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "-u", "x_pack_rest_user:x-pack-test-password", "-k", "https://localhost:9200"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 2s
+      retries: 5
+  elasticsearch-default-2:
+    image: elasticsearch:test
+    environment:
+       - node.name=elasticsearch-default-2
+       - cluster.initial_master_nodes=elasticsearch-default-2
+       - cluster.name=elasticsearch-default-2
+       - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+       - network.publish_host=127.0.0.1
+       - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
+       - path.repo=/tmp/es-repo
+       - node.attr.testattr=test
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low=1b
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high=1b
+       - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage=1b
+       - script.max_compilations_rate=2048/1m
+       - node.store.allow_mmap=false
+       - xpack.security.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.authc.token.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.audit.enabled=true
+       - xpack.security.authc.realms.file.file1.order=0
+       - xpack.security.authc.realms.native.native1.order=1
+       - xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/testnode.jks
+       - xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/testnode.jks
+       - xpack.http.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
+       - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
+       - xpack.license.self_generated.type=trial
+    volumes:
+       - ./build/repo:/tmp/es-repo
+       - ./build/certs/testnode.jks:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/testnode.jks
+       - ./build/logs/default-2:/usr/share/elasticsearch/logs
+       - ./docker-test-entrypoint.sh:/docker-test-entrypoint.sh
+    ports:
+      - "9200"
+      - "9300"
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536
+        hard: 65536
+    entrypoint: /docker-test-entrypoint.sh
+    healthcheck:
+      start_period: 15s
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "-u", "x_pack_rest_user:x-pack-test-password", "-k", "https://localhost:9200"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 2s
+      retries: 5
+  haproxy:
+    image: haproxy:2.1.2
+    ports:
+      - "9600"
+    volumes:
+      - ./haproxy-default.cfg:/usr/local/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg:ro
diff --git a/qa/remote-clusters/docker-test-entrypoint.sh b/qa/remote-clusters/docker-test-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..1dca4b6a35e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/remote-clusters/docker-test-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/
+./elasticsearch-users useradd x_pack_rest_user -p x-pack-test-password -r superuser || true
+echo "testnode" > /tmp/password
+cat /tmp/password  | ./elasticsearch-keystore add -x -f -v 'xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.secure_password'
+cat /tmp/password  | ./elasticsearch-keystore add -x -f -v 'xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.secure_password'
+/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh | tee > /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/console.log
diff --git a/qa/remote-clusters/haproxy-default.cfg b/qa/remote-clusters/haproxy-default.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9fa2ce06b47bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/remote-clusters/haproxy-default.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+global
+  log localhost local1 notice
+  maxconn 2000
+  daemon
+
+defaults
+  log global
+  mode tcp
+  retries 3
+  option tcpka
+  option tcp-check
+  timeout client 30s
+  timeout server 30s
+  timeout connect 5s
+
+frontend ft_ssl
+  bind *:9600
+  tcp-request inspect-delay 5s
+  tcp-request content accept if { req_ssl_hello_type 1 }
+  default_backend bk_ssl
+
+backend bk_ssl
+  use-server server1 if { req_ssl_sni -i application1.example.com }
+  server server1 elasticsearch-default-1:9300 weight 0 check
+  use-server server2 if { req_ssl_sni -i application2.example.com }
+  server server2 elasticsearch-default-2:9300 weight 0 check
+  server default elasticsearch-default-2:9300 check
diff --git a/qa/remote-clusters/haproxy-oss.cfg b/qa/remote-clusters/haproxy-oss.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c7599c2977073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/remote-clusters/haproxy-oss.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+global
+  log localhost local1 notice
+  maxconn 2000
+  daemon
+
+defaults
+  log global
+  mode tcp
+  retries 3
+  option tcpka
+  option tcp-check
+  timeout client 30s
+  timeout server 30s
+  timeout connect 5s
+
+frontend ft_reg
+  bind *:9600
+  default_backend bk_reg
+
+backend bk_reg
+  server default elasticsearch-oss-2:9300 check
diff --git a/qa/remote-clusters/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/remote/test/AbstractMultiClusterRemoteTestCase.java b/qa/remote-clusters/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/remote/test/AbstractMultiClusterRemoteTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..65ae26bcd4d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/remote-clusters/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/remote/test/AbstractMultiClusterRemoteTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.cluster.remote.test;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.CharArrays;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.PathUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SecureString;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.internal.io.IOUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.ESRestTestCase;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.CharBuffer;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+public abstract class AbstractMultiClusterRemoteTestCase extends ESRestTestCase {
+
+    private static final String USER = "x_pack_rest_user";
+    private static final String PASS = "x-pack-test-password";
+    private static final String KEYSTORE_PASS = "testnode";
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean preserveClusterUponCompletion() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static RestHighLevelClient cluster1Client;
+    private static RestHighLevelClient cluster2Client;
+    private static boolean initialized = false;
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getTestRestCluster() {
+        return "localhost:" + getProperty("test.fixtures.elasticsearch-" + getDistribution() + "-1.tcp.9200");
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void initClientsAndConfigureClusters() throws Exception {
+        if (initialized) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        cluster1Client = buildClient("localhost:" + getProperty("test.fixtures.elasticsearch-" + getDistribution() + "-1.tcp.9200"));
+        cluster2Client = buildClient("localhost:" + getProperty("test.fixtures.elasticsearch-" + getDistribution() + "-2.tcp.9200"));
+
+        cluster1Client().cluster().health(new ClusterHealthRequest().waitForNodes("1").waitForYellowStatus(), RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+        cluster2Client().cluster().health(new ClusterHealthRequest().waitForNodes("1").waitForYellowStatus(), RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+
+        initialized = true;
+    }
+
+    protected String getDistribution() {
+        String distribution = System.getProperty("tests.distribution", "default");
+        if (distribution.equals("oss") == false && distribution.equals("default") == false) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("supported values for tests.distribution are oss or default but it was " + distribution);
+        }
+        return distribution;
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void destroyClients() throws IOException {
+        try {
+            IOUtils.close(cluster1Client, cluster2Client);
+        } finally {
+            cluster1Client = null;
+            cluster2Client = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static RestHighLevelClient cluster1Client() {
+        return cluster1Client;
+    }
+
+    protected static RestHighLevelClient cluster2Client() {
+        return cluster2Client;
+    }
+
+    private static class HighLevelClient extends RestHighLevelClient {
+        private HighLevelClient(RestClient restClient) {
+            super(restClient, RestClient::close, Collections.emptyList());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private RestHighLevelClient buildClient(final String url) throws IOException {
+        int portSeparator = url.lastIndexOf(':');
+        HttpHost httpHost = new HttpHost(url.substring(0, portSeparator),
+            Integer.parseInt(url.substring(portSeparator + 1)), getProtocol());
+        return new HighLevelClient(buildClient(restAdminSettings(), new HttpHost[]{httpHost}));
+    }
+
+    protected boolean isOss() {
+        return getDistribution().equals("oss");
+    }
+
+    static Path keyStore;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void getKeyStore() {
+        try {
+            keyStore = PathUtils.get(AbstractMultiClusterRemoteTestCase.class.getResource("/testnode.jks").toURI());
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new ElasticsearchException("exception while reading the store", e);
+        }
+        if (Files.exists(keyStore) == false) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Keystore file [" + keyStore + "] does not exist.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void clearKeyStore() {
+        keyStore = null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Settings restClientSettings() {
+        if (isOss()) {
+            return super.restClientSettings();
+        }
+        String token = basicAuthHeaderValue(USER, new SecureString(PASS.toCharArray()));
+        return Settings.builder()
+            .put(ThreadContext.PREFIX + ".Authorization", token)
+            .put(ESRestTestCase.TRUSTSTORE_PATH, keyStore)
+            .put(ESRestTestCase.TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD, KEYSTORE_PASS)
+            .build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getProtocol() {
+        if (isOss()) {
+            return "http";
+        }
+        return "https";
+    }
+
+    private static String basicAuthHeaderValue(String username, SecureString passwd) {
+        CharBuffer chars = CharBuffer.allocate(username.length() + passwd.length() + 1);
+        byte[] charBytes = null;
+        try {
+            chars.put(username).put(':').put(passwd.getChars());
+            charBytes = CharArrays.toUtf8Bytes(chars.array());
+
+            //TODO we still have passwords in Strings in headers. Maybe we can look into using a CharSequence?
+            String basicToken = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(charBytes);
+            return "Basic " + basicToken;
+        } finally {
+            Arrays.fill(chars.array(), (char) 0);
+            if (charBytes != null) {
+                Arrays.fill(charBytes, (byte) 0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getProperty(String key) {
+        String value = System.getProperty(key);
+        if (value == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Could not find system properties from test.fixtures. " +
+                "This test expects to run with the elasticsearch.test.fixtures Gradle plugin");
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/qa/remote-clusters/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/remote/test/RemoteClustersIT.java b/qa/remote-clusters/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/remote/test/RemoteClustersIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..50ffe806dd424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/remote-clusters/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/remote/test/RemoteClustersIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.cluster.remote.test;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.settings.ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.delete.DeleteIndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.WriteRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.cluster.RemoteConnectionInfo;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.cluster.RemoteInfoRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.CreateIndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeThat;
+
+public class RemoteClustersIT extends AbstractMultiClusterRemoteTestCase {
+
+    @Before
+    public void setupIndices() throws IOException {
+        assertTrue(cluster1Client().indices().create(new CreateIndexRequest("test1").settings(Settings.builder()
+            .put("index.number_of_replicas", 0).build()), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+        cluster1Client().index(new IndexRequest("test1").id("id1").setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE)
+            .source(XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().field("foo", "bar").endObject()), RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+        assertTrue(cluster2Client().indices().create(new CreateIndexRequest("test2").settings(Settings.builder()
+            .put("index.number_of_replicas", 0).build()), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+        cluster2Client().index(new IndexRequest("test2").id("id1")
+            .source(XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().field("foo", "bar").endObject()), RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+        cluster2Client().index(new IndexRequest("test2").id("id2").setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE)
+            .source(XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().field("foo", "bar").endObject()), RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+        assertEquals(1L, cluster1Client().search(new SearchRequest("test1"), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getHits().getTotalHits().value);
+        assertEquals(2L, cluster2Client().search(new SearchRequest("test2"), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getHits().getTotalHits().value);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void clearIndices() throws IOException {
+        assertTrue(cluster1Client().indices().delete(new DeleteIndexRequest("*"), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+        assertTrue(cluster2Client().indices().delete(new DeleteIndexRequest("*"), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void clearRemoteClusterSettings() throws IOException {
+        ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest request = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest().persistentSettings(
+            Settings.builder().putNull("cluster.remote.*").build());
+        assertTrue(cluster1Client().cluster().putSettings(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+        assertTrue(cluster2Client().cluster().putSettings(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+    }
+
+    public void testProxyModeConnectionWorks() throws IOException {
+        String cluster2RemoteClusterSeed = "elasticsearch-" + getDistribution() + "-2:9300";
+        logger.info("Configuring remote cluster [{}]", cluster2RemoteClusterSeed);
+        ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest request = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest().persistentSettings(Settings.builder()
+            .put("cluster.remote.cluster2.mode", "proxy")
+            .put("cluster.remote.cluster2.proxy_address", cluster2RemoteClusterSeed)
+            .build());
+        assertTrue(cluster1Client().cluster().putSettings(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+
+        RemoteConnectionInfo rci = cluster1Client().cluster().remoteInfo(new RemoteInfoRequest(), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getInfos().get(0);
+        logger.info("Connection info: {}", rci);
+        assertTrue(rci.isConnected());
+
+        assertEquals(2L, cluster1Client().search(
+            new SearchRequest("cluster2:test2"), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getHits().getTotalHits().value);
+    }
+
+    public void testSniffModeConnectionFails() throws IOException {
+        String cluster2RemoteClusterSeed = "elasticsearch-" + getDistribution() + "-2:9300";
+        logger.info("Configuring remote cluster [{}]", cluster2RemoteClusterSeed);
+        ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest request = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest().persistentSettings(Settings.builder()
+            .put("cluster.remote.cluster2alt.mode", "sniff")
+            .put("cluster.remote.cluster2alt.seeds", cluster2RemoteClusterSeed)
+            .build());
+        assertTrue(cluster1Client().cluster().putSettings(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+
+        RemoteConnectionInfo rci = cluster1Client().cluster().remoteInfo(new RemoteInfoRequest(), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getInfos().get(0);
+        logger.info("Connection info: {}", rci);
+        assertFalse(rci.isConnected());
+    }
+
+    public void testHAProxyModeConnectionWorks() throws IOException {
+        String proxyAddress = "haproxy:9600";
+        logger.info("Configuring remote cluster [{}]", proxyAddress);
+        ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest request = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest().persistentSettings(Settings.builder()
+            .put("cluster.remote.haproxynosn.mode", "proxy")
+            .put("cluster.remote.haproxynosn.proxy_address", proxyAddress)
+            .build());
+        assertTrue(cluster1Client().cluster().putSettings(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+
+        RemoteConnectionInfo rci = cluster1Client().cluster().remoteInfo(new RemoteInfoRequest(), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getInfos().get(0);
+        logger.info("Connection info: {}", rci);
+        assertTrue(rci.isConnected());
+
+        assertEquals(2L, cluster1Client().search(
+            new SearchRequest("haproxynosn:test2"), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getHits().getTotalHits().value);
+    }
+
+    public void testHAProxyModeConnectionWithSNIToCluster1Works() throws IOException {
+        assumeThat("test is only supported if the distribution contains xpack", getDistribution(), equalTo("default"));
+
+        ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest request = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest().persistentSettings(Settings.builder()
+            .put("cluster.remote.haproxysni1.mode", "proxy")
+            .put("cluster.remote.haproxysni1.proxy_address", "haproxy:9600")
+            .put("cluster.remote.haproxysni1.server_name", "application1.example.com")
+            .build());
+        assertTrue(cluster2Client().cluster().putSettings(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+
+        RemoteConnectionInfo rci = cluster2Client().cluster().remoteInfo(new RemoteInfoRequest(), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getInfos().get(0);
+        logger.info("Connection info: {}", rci);
+        assertTrue(rci.isConnected());
+
+        assertEquals(1L, cluster2Client().search(
+            new SearchRequest("haproxysni1:test1"), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getHits().getTotalHits().value);
+    }
+
+    public void testHAProxyModeConnectionWithSNIToCluster2Works() throws IOException {
+        assumeThat("test is only supported if the distribution contains xpack", getDistribution(), equalTo("default"));
+
+        ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest request = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest().persistentSettings(Settings.builder()
+            .put("cluster.remote.haproxysni2.mode", "proxy")
+            .put("cluster.remote.haproxysni2.proxy_address", "haproxy:9600")
+            .put("cluster.remote.haproxysni2.server_name", "application2.example.com")
+            .build());
+        assertTrue(cluster1Client().cluster().putSettings(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT).isAcknowledged());
+
+        RemoteConnectionInfo rci = cluster1Client().cluster().remoteInfo(new RemoteInfoRequest(), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getInfos().get(0);
+        logger.info("Connection info: {}", rci);
+        assertTrue(rci.isConnected());
+
+        assertEquals(2L, cluster1Client().search(
+            new SearchRequest("haproxysni2:test2"), RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getHits().getTotalHits().value);
+    }
+}