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# OpenSearch Dashboards
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OpenSearch Dashboards is the default visualization tool for data in OpenSearch. It also serves as a user interface for many of the OpenSearch plugins, including security, alerting, Index State Management, SQL, and more.
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## Get started with OpenSearch Dashboards
1. After starting OpenSearch Dashboards, you can access it at port 5601. For example, http://localhost:5601.
1. Log in with the default username `admin` and password `admin` .
1. Choose **Try our sample data** and add the sample flight data.
1. Choose **Discover** and search for a few flights.
1. Choose **Dashboard** , ** [Flights] Global Flight Dashboard**, and wait for the dashboard to load.
