Vector Search Quickstart for OpenSearch
Create a DigitalOcean Managed OpenSearch cluster, configure it as a vector store, index sample embeddings, and run a k-NN similarity query in about 15 minutes.
Getting Started with OpenSearch Vector Search
Validated on 26 Jun 2018 • Last edited on 27 Apr 2026
DigitalOcean Managed OpenSearch for vector search uses the same managed OpenSearch engine available under Managed Databases. It bundles the k-NN, ML Commons, and Neural Search plugins for vector similarity search, hybrid vector and keyword search, and remote embedding models.