OpenSearch is a scalable system of open source search and analytics tools that allow you to work with large amounts of data. OpenSearch is developed by A9.com, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, based on the Elasticsearch source code. OpenSearch development was initiated when Elastic NV, the developer of Elasticsearch, announced its intention to abandon its open source policy in new versions of its product.
OpenSearch has a storage and search engine, a web interface, an integrated visualization tool, OpenSearch Dashboards, making it easy for users to explore data. OpenSearch also includes a number of plugins to extend the functionality and utilize the capabilities of the Elasticsearch engine.
OpenSearch can be used as a tool to retrieve, protect, search, aggregate, view, and analyze data, for a variety of tasks, such as log analysis, application search, and enterprise search. OpenSearch enables the following functionality:
- fast vector search using the k-nearest neighbor (KNN) method;
- full-text search;
- anomaly search and detection;
- machine learning;
- security and index management;
- SQL query execution;
- generation of event notifications;
- cluster state diagnostics;
- data and traffic encryption;
- role-based access delimitation (RBAC);
- authentication via SAML and other external authorization sources;
- single sign-on (SSO) implementation;
- detailed audit logging;
- Trace Analytics and much more.
Here are just a few examples of how OpenSearch is being used for large-scale projects:
- Amazon uses OpenSearch, to analyze and search data in the AWS cloud.
- Wikimedia uses OpenSearch to search and index content from their projects.
- E-commerce platform Shopify uses OpenSearch to implement product search and filter results.
- European nuclear research organization CERN uses OpenSearch to index and search scientific data and publications.
- Online education platform Coursera uses OpenSearch to provide search functionality for courses and materials.
- Media company Verizon Media uses OpenSearch to search and categorize content on its news and entertainment platforms.
- Siemens uses OpenSearch to analyze and search data in its knowledge bases.