From Chaos To Clarity: Centralizing Observability With OpenSearch at Scale

From Chaos To Clarity: Centralizing Observability With OpenSearch at Scale - Ido Ziv, Kaltura Ever faced the challenge of fragmented observability practices, with multiple data sources, teams, and business needs? We managed to tackle this by transitioning to OpenSearch, leveraging its flexibility and scalability to centralize observability across our production environments while cutting 40% cost – because who doesn’t love saving money? In this talk, we’ll explore why we chose OpenSearch over SaaS Solutions and how we implement it in our Production Scale as a one-stop shop for Observability by integrating OpenTelemetry (oTel), combining traces, logs, and metrics into a unified solution to deliver deeper insights and actionable analytics. From practical steps to lessons learned, you will gain actionable insights into building scalable, secure observability solutions with OpenSearch. This session is tailored for search practitioners, DevOps engineers, platform architects, and anyone interested in building scalable, secure observability solutions with OpenSearch.