The definitive guide to OpenSearch : discover advanced techniques and best practices for efficient search and analytics with OpenSearch / Jon Handler, Soujanya Konka, Prashant Agrawal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Handler, Jon, author.

Konka, Soujanya, author.

Agrawal, Prashant, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amazon Web Services (Firm).

Cloud computing.

Internet searching.

Web services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

From seasoned data professionals managing billions of records to aspiring analysts exploring diverse datasets, this guide is for users at all levels who want to make the most of OpenSearch's capabilities and functionalities. Written by distinguished AWS Solutions Architects Jon Handler, Ph.D., a former search engine developer, Prashant Agrawal, a search specialist, and Soujanya Konka, an expert in large-scale data migrations, this guide brings together deep technical expertise with practical, hands-on knowledge of implementing OpenSearch in real-world scenarios. Starting with an introduction to OpenSearch, you'll get to grips with the key features before delving into essential topics such as installing OpenSearch, ingesting data, crafting queries, visualizing results, ensuring security, and optimizing performance. Each concept is accompanied by practical examples and tutorials, allowing you to grasp the material through hands-on experience. Keeping up with OpenSearch's new releases and updates, this book equips you to fully leverage its potential through real-world scenarios and examples that demonstrate how OpenSearch works. Whether enhancing your search experience or extracting insightful analytics from data, The Definitive Guide to OpenSearch provides developers, engineers, data scientists, and system administrators with the tools needed to thrive.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Foreword

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Getting Started with OpenSearch: Fundamentals and Deployment

Chapter 1: Overview of OpenSearch

Introducing OpenSearch and its evolution journey

Evolution of OpenSearch

Understanding the core capabilities of OpenSearch

Distributed database

Lexical search

Semantic search with vector embeddings

Log analytics

Real-world examples and use cases

Revolutionizing e-commerce search with OpenSearch

Transformative search: a fashionable journey with Iva

Maximizing operational efficiency with OpenSearch log analytics and observability

Hello OpenSearch

Summary

Join our community on Discord

Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring OpenSearch

Understanding key terminology

Nodes basics

Cluster basics: the backbone of OpenSearch

Index insights: organizing data in OpenSearch

How shards work

How segments work

System requirements and compatibility

Operating system compatibility matrix

Java compatibility matrix

Network configuration

Recommended filesystem setup for better performance

Installation guide for OpenSearch

Using a tarball

Using Docker

Setting up OpenSearch Dashboards

Using a tarball (locally)

Setting the foundation for advanced cluster configuration

OpenSearch cluster settings: static and dynamic

OpenSearch Dashboards settings

Security considerations and setup

Introducing authentication and authorization

Initial exploration of OpenSearch functionalities

Indexing Iva's fashionable finds

Searching for fashion inspiration

Summary

Chapter 3: Deployment Options: Amazon OpenSearch Service and Amazon OpenSearch Serverless

Introduction to Amazon OpenSearch Service

Architecture and components

Key features

Infrastructure of Amazon OpenSearch Service Domains

Managing Amazon OpenSearch Service Domains

Rightsizing

Scaling Amazon OpenSearch Service Domains

Snapshots in Amazon OpenSearch Service Managed Clusters

Storage management

Amazon OpenSearch Serverless

Creating and managing Amazon OpenSearch Serverless collections

Ingesting data into Amazon OpenSearch Serverless collections

Security in Amazon OpenSearch Serverless

Supported operations and plugins in Amazon OpenSearch Serverless

Monitoring Amazon OpenSearch Serverless

Choosing between OpenSearch Service-managed clusters and OpenSearch Serverless

OpenSearch hosting partners

Part 2: Data Management and Discovery: Indexing, Querying, and Visualization

Chapter 4: Indexing Data

Technical requirements

Overview of indexing

Hands-on: Connecting to OpenSearch Dashboards

Creating an index

The _bulk API

Mapping your data

Creating your index via an API

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-83588-578-0

OCLC:

1528630835

Publisher Number:

CIPO000253201