Getting Started with Amazon OpenSearch Service

Why Amazon OpenSearch Service?

Amazon OpenSearch Service securely unlocks real-time search, monitoring, and analysis of business and operational data for use cases like application monitoring, log analytics, observability, and website search. Amazon OpenSearch Service is a managed service that uses machine learning to detect anomalies early so you can identify a problem’s root cause. Amazon OpenSearch Service provides integrations with other AWS services and a choice of open source engines, including OpenSearch and ALv2 Elasticsearch. Scaling a solution with expanding data sizes—while controlling cost—provides near real-time results. To help visualize results and share data stories, the service includes OpenSearch Dashboards and Kibana (7.10 and earlier).

AWS account required: Follow the step-by-step instructions on the Getting Started tutorial and sign up for the AWS Free Tier to create and configure an Amazon OpenSearch Service domain in minutes.

Getting started

1

Set up and log in to your AWS account

To use Amazon OpenSearch Service, you need an AWS account. If you don't already have one, you'll be prompted to create one when you sign up for Amazon OpenSearch Service. You will not be charged for Amazon OpenSearch Service until you use it.

Sign up

2

Build and deploy a domain

Build and deploy an Amazon OpenSearch Service domain in a few minutes with the user guide.

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Build a log analytics solution

Follow a step-by-step guide to T-shirt size your domain and build a log analytics solution.

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Free Tier

You can get started on Amazon OpenSearch Service with the AWS Free Tier, which provides free usage of up to 750 hours per month of a t2.small.search instance and 10 GB per month of optional Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) storage (Magnetic or General Purpose). If you exceed the Free Tier limits, you will be charged the Amazon OpenSearch Service rates for the additional resources that you use. See offer terms for more details.

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