Extending OpenSearch: A Practical Guide To Building Custom Plugins

Extending OpenSearch: A Practical Guide To Building Custom Plugins - Lucian Precup & Oceane Piedallu, Adelean OpenSearch is a powerful open-source search and analytics suite—but its true strength lies in its extensibility. In this session, we’ll take a hands-on look at how developers can build, deploy, and maintain custom OpenSearch plugins to unlock new functionality or tailor the system to specific needs. We’ll walk through the anatomy of a plugin, explore the development lifecycle, and share best practices for integrating with OpenSearch’s core APIs. Whether you’re adding a new query type, building a custom ingest processor, or modifying the Dashboards UI, this talk will give you the practical tools and knowledge to get started. Bring your curiosity and your IDE!