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Sovereignty in Open-Source Search and Analytics

  • Review of Elastic license changes and resulting forks.
  • Comparison of OpenSearch versus Elasticsearch feature parity for 2025–2026.
  • Key use cases: 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.
  • Preventing split-brain scenarios via discovery.seed_hosts and minimum master node settings.

Data Ingestion

  • Indexing via REST API, bulk loading, and mapping definitions.
  • Integrating 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 applications: alert rules and anomaly detection workflows.

Index Management

  • ILM operations: rollover, shrinking, and deletion strategies.
  • Designing hot-warm-cold storage architectures.
  • Optimizing mappings and refining text analysis pipelines.

Security and Access Control

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

Backup and Recovery

  • Establishing snapshot repositories on MinIO, S3, or NFS.
  • Automating snapshots using Curator or ISM.
  • Executing targeted index restores and cluster-wide disaster recovery.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with search engine mechanics and inverted indexes.
  • Proficiency with REST APIs and JSON structures.
  • Foundational Linux administration skills, including systemd, log management, and package handling.

Target Audience

  • Specialists in search and log analytics.
  • Teams aiming to replace managed Elasticsearch or Splunk instances.
  • Security analysts constructing sovereign SIEM backends.
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