CYOP: Create Your Own Plugin

CYOP: Create Your Own Plugin - Gaurav Gupta; Nishtha Mittal & Craig Perkins, Amazon Web Services Ever wanted to extend OpenSearch with your own custom functionality? In this hands-on session, we’ll walk through the entire process of building an OpenSearch plugin from scratch, code to deployment. Whether it’s a new custom analyzer, a REST API, or a background job, you’ll learn how to scaffold a plugin, hook into the OpenSearch core, and follow best practices to ensure performance and stability. No prior plugin experience is required other than knowledge of OpenSearch as a product. This session is ideal for developers, DevOps engineers, or architects who want to harness the full power of OpenSearch by building purpose-driven, production-ready plugins. By the end, you’ll have your first plugin up and running and the confidence to take your ideas into production.