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Open-Source Search and Analytics Sovereignty

  • Evolution of Elastic licensing and subsequent forks.
  • Feature comparison between OpenSearch and Elasticsearch for 2025-2026.
  • Key applications: enterprise search, log analytics, SIEM, and observability.

Cluster Architecture

  • Node roles: master, data, coordinating, and ingest.
  • Security plugin configuration: inter-node TLS, certificates, and PKI.
  • Preventing split-brain scenarios using discovery.seed_hosts and minimum master node settings.

Data Ingestion

  • Indexing via REST API, bulk loading, and defining mappings.
  • Utilizing Beats, Fluent Bit, and Logstash pipelines.
  • Implementing OpenTelemetry Collector for tracing and metrics.

Search and Dashboards

  • Query DSL techniques: match, term, range, aggregations, and nested fields.
  • Creating visualizations and dashboards in OpenSearch Dashboards.
  • SIEM applications: setting alert rules and detecting anomalies.

Index Management

  • Index Lifecycle Management (ILM): rollover, shrinking, and deletion strategies.
  • Designing hot-warm-cold architectures.
  • Optimizing mappings and text analysis.

Security and Access Control

  • Implementing RBAC through users, roles, and tenants.
  • Authentication via SAML and OpenID Connect.
  • Enforcing document-level security and field masking.

Backup and Recovery

  • Configuring snapshot repositories on MinIO, S3, or NFS.
  • Automating snapshots using Curator or ISM.
  • Restoring specific indices and executing cluster-wide disaster recovery.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with search engine mechanics and inverted indexes.
  • Practical experience with REST APIs and JSON formats.
  • Foundational Linux administration skills, including systemd, logging, and package management.

Target Audience

  • Engineers specializing in search and log analytics.
  • Teams seeking to move away from managed Elasticsearch or Splunk.
  • Security analysts focused on establishing sovereign SIEM backends.
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