By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Deploy and configure OpenSearch clusters and nodes

• Create indices, define mappings, and manage documents

• Build custom queries with OpenSearch Query DSL

• Use Dashboards for data exploration and visualization

• Enable and manage security and access control

• Ingest data from external sources via connectors or APIs

• Implement anomaly detection and alerting rules

• Monitor system health and optimize performance

Course Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to OpenSearch

• What is OpenSearch?

• Differences from Elasticsearch

• Key Use Cases and Features

Module 2: Setting Up OpenSearch

• Installing OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards

• Running Locally, on Docker, or in the Cloud

• Cluster Configuration and Node Management

Module 3: Indexing and CRUD Operations

• Creating and Managing Indices

• Indexing and Updating Documents via REST API

• Using Bulk Operations

Module 4: Mappings and Analyzers

• Field Types and Mapping Strategies

• Full-Text vs Keyword Fields

• Custom Analyzers and Tokenizers

Module 5: Searching with OpenSearch Query DSL

• Match, Term, Range, and Bool Queries

• Filters and Scoring

• Highlighting, Boosting, and Sorting

Module 6: Aggregations and Analytics

• Buckets and Metrics

• Time-Series Analysis

• Nested and Pipeline Aggregations

Module 7: OpenSearch Dashboards

• Visualizing Indices and Queries

• Building Dashboards and Saved Searches

• Role-Based Access in Dashboards

Module 8: Ingesting Data

• Ingest Pipelines and Processors

• Fluent Bit and Filebeat Integration

• OpenSearch and Logstash Ingestion

Module 9: Observability and Security Plugins

• Enabling TLS and Auth

• User Management and RBAC

• Anomaly Detection and Alerting Plugins

Module 10: Performance and Monitoring

• Monitoring Cluster Health

• Index Lifecycle Management

• Query Optimization and Profiling

Module 11: Projects and Real-World Use Cases

• Custom E-commerce Search Engine

• Infrastructure Log Analytics with Dashboards

• Threat Detection and Alerting Platform

Module 12: OpenSearch Interview Questions & Answers

• Core Concepts and Design

• Query and Mapping Strategies

• Ingestion and Monitoring Best Practices

Upon completing this course, learners will receive a Certificate of Completion from Uplatz, validating their skills in search, analytics, and observability using OpenSearch. This certification is ideal for engineers and analysts working in DevOps, security monitoring, or data-driven application development.

With the rising popularity of OpenSearch as a secure, scalable, and open-source analytics platform, this course prepares you for roles such as:

• OpenSearch Engineer

• Search and Observability Developer

• Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

• DevOps Platform Specialist

• Log and Security Analytics Architect

1. What is OpenSearch and why was it created?
   Answer: OpenSearch is an open-source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana maintained by Amazon and the community. It was created after Elasticsearch’s licensing changed, providing a fully open alternative for search and analytics.

2. How is OpenSearch different from Elasticsearch?
   Answer: While OpenSearch started as a fork of Elasticsearch 7.10, it has diverged with unique features such as community plugins, native security, anomaly detection, and improved dashboarding. OpenSearch remains fully open-source under the Apache 2.0 license.

3. What is OpenSearch Dashboards?
   Answer: OpenSearch Dashboards is the visualization layer for OpenSearch, similar to Kibana. It provides visual tools, query editors, and dashboards to analyze and explore data indexed in OpenSearch.

4. What is the OpenSearch Query DSL?
   Answer: Query DSL is a JSON-based query language used to search, filter, and analyze data in OpenSearch. It supports full-text, term-level, boolean, range, and nested queries with fine-grained control.

5. How do you secure an OpenSearch cluster?
   Answer: OpenSearch provides built-in security features including TLS encryption, role-based access control (RBAC), authentication (basic, LDAP, SAML), audit logging, and per-index permissions.

6. What are ingest pipelines in OpenSearch?
   Answer: Ingest pipelines are processing flows that allow data to be transformed during indexing. Processors can modify fields, remove tags, or enrich documents before they are stored.

7. How do you monitor cluster health in OpenSearch?
   Answer: Use APIs like _cluster/health, _cat/nodes, and the performance dashboards within OpenSearch Dashboards. You can also integrate with Prometheus and Grafana.

8. What plugins are available in OpenSearch?
   Answer: Key plugins include Security, Anomaly Detection, Index Management, Alerting, SQL, and Notifications. These enhance OpenSearch with enterprise features.

9. Can OpenSearch integrate with Fluent Bit and Logstash?
   Answer: Yes. Fluent Bit and Logstash are commonly used to collect and parse logs before sending them to OpenSearch via the OpenSearch output plugin or REST API.

10. What are common use cases for OpenSearch?
    Answer:

    • Application and infrastructure log analytics

    • Full-text search systems

    • Security monitoring and SIEM

    • Observability and anomaly detection

    • Real-time data dashboards

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