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 Duration 14 hours

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Open-Source Search and Analytics Independence

  • Evolutions in Elastic licensing and the emergence of forks.
  • Comparative feature alignment between OpenSearch and Elasticsearch in 2025-2026.
  • Key applications: enterprise search, log analytics, SIEM, and observability.

Cluster Architecture

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

Data Ingestion

  • Indexing via REST API, bulk operations, and mapping definition.
  • Integration of Beats, Fluent Bit, and Logstash pipelines.
  • Utilizing the OpenTelemetry Collector for trace and metric collection.

Search and Dashboards

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

Index Management

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

Security and Access Control

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

Backup and Recovery

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

Requirements

  • Familiarity with search engine mechanics and inverted indexing concepts.
  • Proficiency in working with REST APIs and JSON structures.
  • Basic Linux administration skills, including systemd, log management, and package handling.

Target Audience

  • Engineers specializing in search and log analytics.
  • Teams transitioning away from managed Elasticsearch or Splunk instances.
  • Security analysts developing sovereign SIEM infrastructure.

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