OpenSearch 3.6 on Ubuntu 22.04 by cloudimg

OpenSearch 3.6 on Ubuntu 22.04 by cloudimg

Pre configured OpenSearch 3.6.0 with OpenSearch Dashboards 3.6.0 on Ubuntu 22.04, purpose built for Microsoft Azure by cloudimg. ML-powered search and a bundled security plugin, ready for dev/test, prototyping, and production workloads up to a few hundred GB. Security patched and validated before publication with 24/7 expert support.

Why Choose cloudimg?

• 24/7 Expert Support — 24 hour response guarantee, 1 hour for critical issues. support@cloudimg.co.uk
• Production Ready — pre configured, patched, and validated before publication
• Azure Native — Azure Linux Agent, cloud init, Gen2 Hyper V
• Trusted by Enterprise — hundreds of images across AWS and Azure

What's Included

• OpenSearch 3.6.0 and OpenSearch Dashboards 3.6.0 with dedicated opensearch OS user
• Security plugin enabled: HTTPS on 9200, role based access control
• Bundled OpenJDK; sysctl + ulimits pre applied; systemd units enabled
• Per-VM admin password generated on first boot at /stage/scripts/opensearch-credentials.log (0600)
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with latest security patches at build time

Use Cases

• Log aggregation, observability, and security analytics
• Full text search for document stores, catalogues, and internal tools
• SIEM visualisation via OpenSearch Dashboards
• Vector and semantic search with the neural search plugin
• Migrating from Elasticsearch 7.10 with API compatibility

Getting Started

1. Deploy from Azure Marketplace 2. Open 5601 and optionally 9200 from trusted IPs in the NSG 3. SSH as azureuser 4. sudo cat /stage/scripts/opensearch-credentials.log 5. Browse http://VM_IP:5601, log in as admin 6. REST: curl -sku admin:PASSWORD https://VM_IP:9200

Technical

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Gen2 UEFI, LVM, azureuser (sudo), opensearch (runtime)
• /opt/opensearch-3.6.0; data /var/lib/opensearch/data; logs /var/log/opensearch
• Standard_D2s_v5 recommended (2 vCPU, 8 GB). Ports 5601, 9200

Security

• Per-VM admin password on first boot, never reused across deployments
• HTTPS on 9200 with demo certs; replace with your CA for production (CIS, PCI DSS, HIPAA ready)
• SSH key based authentication only

Full user guide: www.cloudimg.co.uk/guides/opensearch-3-6-on-ubuntu-22-04-azure. Support: support@cloudimg.co.uk.

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