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Update to OpenSearch 1.2.3

Dec 22, 2021 • releases

CVE-2021-45105 for Log4j was issued after the release of OpenSearch 1.2.2. This CVE advises upgrading to Log4j 2.17.0. While there has been no observed reproduction of the issue described in...

Partner Highlight: Oracle offers OpenSearch as a service

Dec 21, 2021 • partners

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Welcome to the OpenSearch community! We are excited to see Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) announcement of a fully managed search service based on OpenSearch. As Rob...

Update to OpenSearch 1.2.2

Dec 16, 2021 • releases

As indicated in the previous blog post, CVE-2021-45046 was issued shortly following the release of OpenSearch 1.2.1. This new CVE advises upgrading from Log4j 2.15.0 (used in OpenSearch 1.2.1) to...

Introducing Data Prepper 1.2.0 with Log Pipelines

Dec 15, 2021 • technical-post

Development teams are using Data Prepper and OpenSearch to better understand their applications through Trace Analytics. Now teams can use Data Prepper and OpenSearch for log analysis as well. You...

Important: Update to OpenSearch 1.2.1

Dec 11, 2021 • releases

Update Dec 14, 2021: The new CVE-2021-45046 affecting Log4j 2.15.0 was published earlier today, and OpenSearch 1.2.1 includes that version of Log4j. As with the previous issue, the team has...

Connecting to OpenSearch over HTTPS using the Java High-Level REST Client

Dec 09, 2021 • technical-post

If you have ever used OpenSearch with a Java application, you might have come across the OpenSearch Java high-level REST client. The REST client provides OpenSearch APIs as methods, and...

Introducing OpenSearch Benchmark

Dec 08, 2021 • update

We would like to introduce OpenSearch Benchmark - a community driven, open source fork of Rally. The mission of the project is to provide a convenient and reliable performance testing...

Building a distributed tracing pipeline with OpenTelemetry Collector, Data Prepper, and OpenSearch Trace Analytics

Dec 07, 2021 • technical-post

Over the past few years, the importance of observability when developing and managing applications has spiked with the spotlight firmly on micro-services, service mesh. Distributed services can be unpredictable. Despite...

Introduction to OpenSearch Plugins

Dec 02, 2021 • technical-post

OpenSearch enables enhancing core features in a custom way via plugins. For example, plugins could add custom mapping types, engine scripts, etc. In this blog post we wanted to unbox...

Setup OpenSearch multi-node cluster on Kubernetes using Helm Charts

Nov 24, 2021 • technical-posts

OpenSearch can operate as a single-node or multi-node cluster. Production setup typically requires a multi-node cluster. In this tutorial, you will learn how to setup a multi-node cluster of OpenSearch...

OpenSearch 1.2.0 is out now!

Nov 23, 2021 • releases

With this latest version of the OpenSearch distribution (OpenSearch, OpenSearch Dashboards, as well as plugins and tools) you can enjoy a number of new features and enhancements as well as...

Anomaly Detection for Historical Data and Real-time Streaming

Nov 18, 2021 • technical-post

You can leverage anomaly detection to analyze vast amount of logs in many different ways. Some analytics approaches require real-time detection, such as application monitoring, event detection, and fraud detection....

Partner Highlight: Instaclustr adds OpenSearch to its managed service offerings

Nov 15, 2021 • partners

Instaclustr is pleased to announce the general availability of OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards on the Instaclustr SaaS Platform. OpenSearch is another key open source technology that joins our suite of...

Backwards Compatibility Testing for OpenSearch

Nov 05, 2021 • technical-post

Backwards Compatibility (BWC) testing is used to test and determine the safe upgrade paths from a supported BWC version to the current version. The framework in OpenSearch allows you to...

Moving from open source Elasticsearch to OpenSearch

Oct 29, 2021 • technical-posts

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