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Sovereignty in Open-Source Search and Analytics

  • Elastic license changes and resulting forks.
  • Feature parity between OpenSearch and Elasticsearch in 2025-2026.
  • Use cases: enterprise search, log analytics, SIEM, and observability.

Cluster Architecture

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

Data Ingestion

  • REST API indexing, bulk loading, and mapping definitions.
  • Pipelines using Beats, Fluent Bit, and Logstash.
  • Using the OpenTelemetry Collector for traces and metrics.

Search and Dashboards

  • Query DSL concepts: match, term, range, aggregations, and nested fields.
  • Creating visualizations and dashboards in OpenSearch Dashboards.
  • SIEM applications: alert rules and anomaly detection.

Index Management

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

Security and Access Control

  • Role-based access control (RBAC) involving users, roles, and tenants.
  • Authentication via SAML and OpenID Connect.
  • 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 performing cluster-wide disaster recovery.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with search engines and inverted indexes.
  • Proficiency with REST APIs and JSON.
  • Basic Linux administration skills, including systemd, logging, and package management.

Target Audience

  • Search and log analytics engineers.
  • Teams transitioning away from managed Elasticsearch or Splunk.
  • Security analysts developing sovereign SIEM backends.
 14 Hours

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