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Installing plugins
You can install individual plugins for OpenSearch based on your needs. For information about available plugins, see Available plugins.
For plugins to work properly with OpenSearch, all plugins must have the ability to access the data in the cluster, including metadata about cluster operations. Therefore, to protect your cluster’s data and preserve its integrity, first be sure you understand the function of a plugin before installing it on your OpenSearch cluster. Second, when selecting a custom plugin, make sure the plugin’s source is a reliable one.
Managing plugins
OpenSearch uses a command line tool called opensearch-plugin for managing plugins. This tool allows you to:
Print help text by passing -h or --help. Depending on your host configuration, you might also need to run the command with sudo privileges.
If you are running OpenSearch in a Docker container, plugins must be installed, removed, and configured by modifying the Docker image. For information, see Working with plugins
List
Use list to see a list of plugins that have already been installed.
Usage:
bin/opensearch-plugin list
Example:
$ ./opensearch-plugin list
opensearch-alerting
opensearch-anomaly-detection
opensearch-asynchronous-search
opensearch-cross-cluster-replication
opensearch-geospatial
opensearch-index-management
opensearch-job-scheduler
opensearch-knn
opensearch-ml
opensearch-notifications
opensearch-notifications-core
opensearch-observability
opensearch-performance-analyzer
opensearch-reports-scheduler
opensearch-security
opensearch-sql
You can also list installed plugins by using the CAT API.
Path and HTTP method
GET _cat/plugins
Sample response
opensearch-node1 opensearch-alerting 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-anomaly-detection 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-asynchronous-search 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-cross-cluster-replication 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-index-management 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-job-scheduler 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-knn 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-ml 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-notifications 2.0.1.0
opensearch-node1 opensearch-notifications-core 2.0.1.0
Install
There are three ways to install plugins using the opensearch-plugin:
- Install a plugin by name
- Install a plugin by from a zip file
- Install a plugin using Maven coordinates
Install a plugin by name:
For a list of plugins that can be installed by name, see Additional plugins.
Usage:
bin/opensearch-plugin install <plugin-name>
Example:
$ sudo ./opensearch-plugin install analysis-icu
-> Installing analysis-icu
-> Downloading analysis-icu from opensearch
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-> Installed analysis-icu with folder name analysis-icu
Install a plugin from a zip file:
Remote zip files can be installed by replacing <zip-file> with the URL of the hosted file. The tool only supports downloading over HTTP/HTTPS protocols. For local zip files, replace <zip-file> with file: followed by the absolute or relative path to the plugin zip file as in the second example below.
Usage:
bin/opensearch-plugin install <zip-file>
Example:
# Zip file is hosted on a remote server - in this case, Maven central repository.
$ sudo ./opensearch-plugin install https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/opensearch/plugin/opensearch-anomaly-detection/2.2.0.0/opensearch-anomaly-detection-2.2.0.0.zip
-> Installing https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/opensearch/plugin/opensearch-anomaly-detection/2.2.0.0/opensearch-anomaly-detection-2.2.0.0.zip
-> Downloading https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/opensearch/plugin/opensearch-anomaly-detection/2.2.0.0/opensearch-anomaly-detection-2.2.0.0.zip
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@ WARNING: plugin requires additional permissions @
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* java.lang.RuntimePermission accessClassInPackage.sun.misc
* java.lang.RuntimePermission accessDeclaredMembers
* java.lang.RuntimePermission getClassLoader
* java.lang.RuntimePermission setContextClassLoader
* java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission suppressAccessChecks
* java.net.SocketPermission * connect,resolve
* javax.management.MBeanPermission org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool#-[org.apache.commons.pool2:name=pool,type=GenericObjectPool] registerMBean
* javax.management.MBeanPermission org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool#-[org.apache.commons.pool2:name=pool,type=GenericObjectPool] unregisterMBean
* javax.management.MBeanServerPermission createMBeanServer
* javax.management.MBeanTrustPermission register
See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/permissions.html
for descriptions of what these permissions allow and the associated risks.
Continue with installation? [y/N]y
-> Installed opensearch-anomaly-detection with folder name opensearch-anomaly-detection
# Zip file in a local directory.
$ sudo ./opensearch-plugin install file:/home/user/opensearch-anomaly-detection-2.2.0.0.zip
-> Installing file:/home/user/opensearch-anomaly-detection-2.2.0.0.zip
-> Downloading file:/home/user/opensearch-anomaly-detection-2.2.0.0.zip
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@ WARNING: plugin requires additional permissions @
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* java.lang.RuntimePermission accessClassInPackage.sun.misc
* java.lang.RuntimePermission accessDeclaredMembers
* java.lang.RuntimePermission getClassLoader
* java.lang.RuntimePermission setContextClassLoader
* java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission suppressAccessChecks
* java.net.SocketPermission * connect,resolve
* javax.management.MBeanPermission org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool#-[org.apache.commons.pool2:name=pool,type=GenericObjectPool] registerMBean
* javax.management.MBeanPermission org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool#-[org.apache.commons.pool2:name=pool,type=GenericObjectPool] unregisterMBean
* javax.management.MBeanServerPermission createMBeanServer
* javax.management.MBeanTrustPermission register
See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/permissions.html
for descriptions of what these permissions allow and the associated risks.
Continue with installation? [y/N]y
-> Installed opensearch-anomaly-detection with folder name opensearch-anomaly-detection
Install a plugin using Maven coordinates:
The opensearch-plugin install tool also accepts Maven coordinates for available artifacts and versions hosted on Maven Central. opensearch-plugin will parse the Maven coordinates you provide and construct a URL. As a result, the host must be able to connect directly to Maven Central. The plugin installation will fail if you pass coordinates to a proxy or local repository.
Usage:
bin/opensearch-plugin install <groupId>:<artifactId>:<version>
Example:
$ sudo ./opensearch-plugin install org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-anomaly-detection:2.2.0.0
-> Installing org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-anomaly-detection:2.2.0.0
-> Downloading org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-anomaly-detection:2.2.0.0 from maven central
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@ WARNING: plugin requires additional permissions @
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* java.lang.RuntimePermission accessClassInPackage.sun.misc
* java.lang.RuntimePermission accessDeclaredMembers
* java.lang.RuntimePermission getClassLoader
* java.lang.RuntimePermission setContextClassLoader
* java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission suppressAccessChecks
* java.net.SocketPermission * connect,resolve
* javax.management.MBeanPermission org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool#-[org.apache.commons.pool2:name=pool,type=GenericObjectPool] registerMBean
* javax.management.MBeanPermission org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool#-[org.apache.commons.pool2:name=pool,type=GenericObjectPool] unregisterMBean
* javax.management.MBeanServerPermission createMBeanServer
* javax.management.MBeanTrustPermission register
See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/permissions.html
for descriptions of what these permissions allow and the associated risks.
Continue with installation? [y/N]y
-> Installed opensearch-anomaly-detection with folder name opensearch-anomaly-detection
Restart your OpenSearch node after installing a plugin.
Remove
You can remove a plugin that has already been installed with the remove option.
Usage:
bin/opensearch-plugin remove <plugin-name>
Example:
$ sudo $ ./opensearch-plugin remove opensearch-anomaly-detection
-> removing [opensearch-anomaly-detection]...
Restart your OpenSearch node after removing a plugin.
Batch mode
When installing plugins that require additional privileges not included by default, the plugins will prompt the user for confirmation of the required privileges. To grant all requested privileges, use batch mode to skip the confirmation prompt.
To force batch mode when installing plugins, add the -b or --batch option:
bin/opensearch-plugin install --batch <plugin-name>
Available plugins
Major, minor, and patch plugin versions must match OpenSearch major, minor, and patch versions in order to be compatible. For example, plugins versions 2.3.0.x work only with OpenSearch 2.3.0.
Bundled Plugins
The following plugins are bundled with all OpenSearch distributions except for minimum distribution packages.
| Plugin Name | Repository | Earliest Available Version |
|---|---|---|
| Alerting | opensearch-alerting | 1.0.0 |
| Anomaly Detection | opensearch-anomaly-detection | 1.0.0 |
| Asynchronous Search | opensearch-asynchronous-search | 1.0.0 |
| Cross Cluster Replication | opensearch-cross-cluster-replication | 1.1.0 |
| Notebooks1 | opensearch-notebooks | 1.0.0 to 1.1.0 |
| Notifications | notifications | 2.0.0 |
| Reports Scheduler | opensearch-reports-scheduler | 1.0.0 |
| Geospatial | opensearch-geospatial | 2.2.0 |
| Index Management | opensearch-index-management | 1.0.0 |
| Job Scheduler | opensearch-job-scheduler | 1.0.0 |
| k-NN | opensearch-knn | 1.0.0 |
| ML Commons | opensearch-ml | 1.3.0 |
| Neural Search | neural-search | 2.4.0 |
| Observability | opensearch-observability | 1.2.0 |
| Performance Analyzer2 | opensearch-performance-analyzer | 1.0.0 |
| Security | opensearch-security | 1.0.0 |
| Security Analytics | opensearch-security-analytics | 2.4.0 |
| SQL | opensearch-sql | 1.0.0 |
1Dashboard Notebooks was merged in to the Observability plugin with the release of OpenSearch 1.2.0.
2Performance Analyzer is not available on Windows.
Additional plugins
Members of the OpenSearch community have built countless plugins for the service. Although it isn’t possible to build an exhaustive list of every plugin, since many plugins are not maintained within the OpenSearch GitHub repository, the following list of plugins are available to be installed by name using bin/opensearch-plugin install <plugin-name>.
| Plugin Name | Earliest Available Version |
|---|---|
| analysis-icu | 1.0.0 |
| analysis-kuromoji | 1.0.0 |
| analysis-nori | 1.0.0 |
| analysis-phonetic | 1.0.0 |
| analysis-smartcn | 1.0.0 |
| analysis-stempel | 1.0.0 |
| analysis-ukrainian | 1.0.0 |
| discovery-azure-classic | 1.0.0 |
| discovery-ec2 | 1.0.0 |
| discovery-gce | 1.0.0 |
| ingest-attachment | 1.0.0 |
| mapper-annotated-text | 1.0.0 |
| mapper-murmur3 | 1.0.0 |
| mapper-size | 1.0.0 |
| repository-azure | 1.0.0 |
| repository-gcs | 1.0.0 |
| repository-hdfs | 1.0.0 |
| repository-s3 | 1.0.0 |
| store-smb | 1.0.0 |
| transport-nio | 1.0.0 |
Experimental plugins
OpenSearch offers experimental plugins that may be used in a snapshot distribution that has the sandbox feature enabled.
| Plugin Name | Description | Earliest Available Version |
|---|---|---|
| custom-codecs | Provides additional compression codecs. | 1.0.0 |
Use the following example command to enable the sandbox feature:
./gradlew assemble -Dsandbox.enabled=true
bin/opensearch-plugin install file:///path/to/plugin-<version>-SNAPSHOT.zip
Related links
- About Observability
- About security analytics
- About the Security plugin
- Alerting
- Anomaly detection
- Asynchronous search
- Cross-cluster replication
- Index State Management
- k-NN
- ML Commons plugin
- Neural Search
- Notifications
- OpenSearch Dashboards
- Performance Analyzer
- SQL