OpenSearch v3.8 now available
OpenSearch 3.8 is live on ClusterNest, with faster vector search, a broader set of AI agent integrations, and new tools for exploring logs without leaving Dashboards.
Read itOpenSearch v3.7 now available
OpenSearch 3.7 just landed on ClusterNest, with a strong focus on observability and query safety.
Read itOpenSearch v3.6 now available
Big milestone: OpenSearch 3.6 is live on ClusterNest, and it's the project's first Long-Term Support release, with 18+ months of guaranteed support, so it's a solid pick for clusters you don't want to babysit through every minor upgrade.
Read itOpenSearch 3.3 & 3.4 now available
OpenSearch 3.3 and 3.4 are selectable on ClusterNest clusters. In the same change, OpenSearch 2.x is deprecated here: still running, no longer offered on new clusters.
Read itOpenSearch v3.2 now available
OpenSearch 3.2 can be selected on new and existing clusters. The console handles it, and Terraform provider 1.1.2 adds it to the version list.
Read itS3 snapshot repositories
OpenSearch clusters can now snapshot to an S3 bucket you control, on AWS or any S3-compatible store. Authentication is an IAM role or static keys, and the copy is yours whatever happens to your account with us.
Read itOpenSearch version 3 now available
OpenSearch 3.0 and 3.1 can now be selected on ClusterNest clusters. It is the first major release since 2.0, rebased on Lucene 10 and requiring Java 21, so it is a version worth reading the notes for before you move.
Read itAdvanced tier is GA
Advanced tier OpenSearch clusters are open to everyone. Eight vCPU, 64 GiB and 2 TB of NVMe per node, launched from the console with no quota request and no waiting for an approval.
Read itSSO with SAML and OIDC
OpenSearch clusters can now delegate authentication to your identity provider over SAML or OIDC, so access follows the directory you already run. It costs nothing extra, on every tier.
Read itTerraform provider is GA
Clusters can now be declared in Terraform rather than clicked into existence. The ClusterNest provider is out of preview: create, update and destroy OpenSearch clusters from the same repository as the rest of your infrastructure.
Read itElasticsearch service retired
Two years after launching managed OpenSearch, we are closing the Elasticsearch service to new clusters. Existing customers keep running, and we will come to you about the migration rather than the other way round.
Read itELK is dead, long live ...?
In 2013 you set up centralised logging by installing Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana, and the reason that was a good decision is that it was not really a decision. Ten years on, every letter has multiple credible answers, the licence under the first one has moved, and the integration work is yours. Here is what happened, what it costs, and the four questions I now use to pick a stack.
Read itManaged OpenSearch is live
The service we said we were building in July is open. Managed OpenSearch clusters, priced by tier and node count like our Elasticsearch service, with OpenSearch Dashboards included and a migration we run with you.
Read itManaged OpenSearch is coming
OpenSearch has reached a stable release. We said in January that the answer to the Elasticsearch relicensing was an engine that is genuinely open with more than one vendor behind it, and this is the one. A managed service is in build.
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