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OpenSearch Dashboards

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.

Run OpenSearch Dashboards using Docker

You can start OpenSearch Dashboards using docker run after creating a Docker network and starting OpenSearch, but the process of connecting OpenSearch Dashboards to OpenSearch is significantly easier with a Docker Compose file.

1. Run docker pull opensearch/opensearch-dashboards:{{site.opensearch_version}}.

2. Create a docker-compose.yml file appropriate for your environment. A sample file that includes OpenSearch Dashboards is available on the OpenSearch Docker installation page.

   Just like opensearch.yml, you can pass a custom opensearch_dashboards.yml to the container in the Docker Compose file. {: .tip }

3. Run docker-compose up.

   Wait for the containers to start. Then see Get started with OpenSearch Dashboards.

4. When finished, run docker-compose down.

Run OpenSearch Dashboards using the tarball

1. Download the tarball from the OpenSearch downloads page{:target='_blank'}.

2. Extract the TAR file to a directory and change to that directory:

   # x64
   tar -zxf opensearch-dashboards-{{site.opensearch_version}}-linux-x64.tar.gz
   cd opensearch-dashboards
   # ARM64
   tar -zxf opensearch-dashboards-{{site.opensearch_version}}-linux-arm64.tar.gz
   cd opensearch-dashboards
   

3. If desired, modify config/opensearch_dashboards.yml.

4. Run OpenSearch Dashboards:

   ./bin/opensearch-dashboards
   

Get started with OpenSearch Dashboards

1. After starting OpenSearch Dashboards, you can access it at port 5601. For example, http://localhost:5601.
2. Log in with the default username admin and password admin.
3. Choose Try our sample data and add the sample flight data.
4. Choose Discover and search for a few flights.
5. Choose Dashboard, [Flights] Global Flight Dashboard, and wait for the dashboard to load.