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OpenSearch
Generated on 29 Oct 2025
OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics suite which serves as a centralized location to manage logs forwarded from other resources, such as databases and Droplets.
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.
Reference
API and CLI reference documentation for the OpenSearch database service, including example requests and available parameters.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in OpenSearch.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Latest Updates
17 September 2025
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Now in public preview, you can now enable storage autoscaling on all Managed Database engines. To enable autoscaling, see our resizing guides for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch, and Kafka.
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Storage autoscaling is now in general availability. Additionally, you can now reduce your cluster’s amount of additional storage, as long as the new storage size is greater than or equal to the latest backup’s size plus any data growth since then and a 25% buffer.
28 February 2025
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All managed databases except MongoDB now support up to 2,000 IP addresses as trusted sources. To add trusted sources, see our guides for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Caching, MongoDB, OpenSearch, and Kafka.
20 December 2024
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All Managed Databases are now available in NYC2.
For more information, see all OpenSearch release notes.