OpenSearch Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

OpenSearch hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted search and analytics suite on your own domains, secured from the first start. Deploy OpenSearch from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned single node and OpenSearch Dashboards, switches the security plugin on, generates the admin password, mounts one persistent volume and publishes the Dashboards UI and the REST API over HTTPS, with no anonymous access.

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What is OpenSearch?

OpenSearch is an open-source, enterprise-grade search and observability suite that its README says brings order to unstructured data at scale. You index documents through a REST API and query them with full-text search, and OpenSearch Dashboards gives you a web interface to explore data and manage security users and roles. Self-hosted OpenSearch is a self-hosted search and analytics suite you run yourself rather than buying Amazon OpenSearch Service. The licence is Apache-2.0.

On xCloud this template deploys OpenSearch 3.9.0 and OpenSearch Dashboards 3.9.0 as official images pinned by digest, as a single node with the security plugin on. The opensearch_data volume holds indexes, cluster state, the security index and Dashboards saved objects, and there are two HTTPS domains, one for Dashboards and one for the API. It is not a cluster.

From Sign-Up to a Live Search Node In Just 3 Easy Steps

A secured OpenSearch stack normally means two containers, security configuration, an admin password, a volume, two domains and certificates before the first query. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick OpenSearch from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards from official images pinned by immutable digest, keep the transport port unpublished, mount the opensearch_data volume, generate the admin password and publish Dashboards and the REST API over HTTPS on their own domains.
Step 03
Sign In To Dashboards
Save the admin password from the credentials card, then open the HTTPS Dashboards URL and sign in as admin. The first start creates the security index and takes a few minutes. Then create limited users and roles under Security and point your applications at the API domain.

Everything OpenSearch Does, On Your Own Server

OpenSearch runs in full here: the search engine, its REST API and the Dashboards UI, each on its own HTTPS domain.

REST API For Search
Index documents and run full-text searches over the REST API on its own HTTPS domain, with HTTP basic authentication on every request.
OpenSearch Dashboards
Explore data, create index patterns and manage saved objects in the Dashboards web UI on the primary domain.
Security Plugin On
Requests without credentials get a 401, and users and roles are managed under Security in Dashboards so applications do not share the admin password.
Persistent Indexes
Indexes, cluster state, the security index and Dashboards saved objects live on one volume; a document and an index pattern survived a restart of both containers in QA.
Generated Admin Password
The admin password is generated for you and shown on the credentials card; the built-in demo users with public passwords are removed.
Multi-Architecture Images
Official amd64 and arm64 images, pinned by immutable digest, so the stack you test is the stack that runs.

Everything You Need To Run Your Search Node 24/7

Managed hosting for OpenSearch, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

OpenSearch 3.9.0 deployed instantly
Official images pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With OpenSearch

Add full-text search to an application
Point your app at the API domain with a limited user and index and query documents over HTTPS with basic authentication.
Explore your data in OpenSearch Dashboards
Create index patterns in Dashboards and browse the fields and documents in your indexes from a browser.
Run log analytics and observability dashboards
Send log and event data into indexes on your own server and explore it in OpenSearch Dashboards.
Keep search data on infrastructure you control
Hold indexes on a server you own, with the API closed to anyone without credentials.

OpenSearch Screenshots

OpenSearch Dashboards showing the fields of a books index pattern

OpenSearch Dashboards index patterns list still showing the books pattern after a restart

OpenSearch vs Alternatives

Amazon OpenSearch Service: Choose this template when you want the open-source OpenSearch engine as one node on a server you rent, with the admin password and the opensearch_data volume under your control. This page makes no claim about Amazon's service.
Elasticsearch: Elasticsearch has its own OneClick page. This template runs OpenSearch, which is Apache-2.0 and ships with OpenSearch Dashboards here, so choose the page for the engine your application already talks to.
Apache Solr: Apache Solr has its own OneClick page. This template runs OpenSearch, with a REST API on its own HTTPS domain and Dashboards for exploration and security users and roles.
Meilisearch: Meilisearch has its own OneClick page. Pick this template when you want OpenSearch's search and observability suite, with log and event data explored through Dashboards.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for OpenSearch hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for larger indexes or a bigger heap.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. OpenSearch itself is licensed by its maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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OpenSearch on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
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From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is OpenSearch used for?

OpenSearch is used for full-text search, analytics and observability over data you index through its REST API. People add search to an application, explore log and event data in Dashboards, and create index patterns. This install is a single secured node with no anonymous access.

Can you run OpenSearch in Docker?

Yes, and this OpenSearch Docker hosting template does it for you: the official OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards images, pinned by digest, run under Docker Compose on your Cloud VPS, not in an OpenSearch cloud account. TLS ends at two HTTPS domains, and the transport port is not published.

How much memory does OpenSearch need?

The manifest floor is 2048 MB of RAM, 10 GB of disk and 2 CPU cores, and measured use was about 1.9 GB with a 1 GB JVM heap plus Dashboards. The template fixes the JVM heap at 1 GB. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves headroom for growth.

What is the difference between OpenSearch and Elasticsearch?

They are separate search engines with separate installs: OpenSearch is Apache-2.0 and runs with OpenSearch Dashboards here, and Elasticsearch has its own OneClick page. This template runs OpenSearch 3.9.0, so pick the page matching the engine your application targets. This page makes no performance comparison.

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Is OpenSearch open source?

Yes. OpenSearch is released under the Apache-2.0 licence, linked from this page at the pinned 3.9.0 tag, and the template deploys the unmodified official images. The Cloud VPS is what xCloud bills for, not OpenSearch, and the software adds no per-node licence fee.

How do I reset the OpenSearch admin password?

OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD is read only when the security index is first created, so editing it later does not change the password. Change the admin password in Dashboards under Security, Internal users. The demo users with public passwords are removed, so admin is the only account.

Does OpenSearch have a REST API?

Yes. The API has its own HTTPS domain, and every request needs HTTP basic authentication as admin; a request without credentials returns 401. Create a limited user or role under Security in Dashboards for your applications instead of sharing admin. API paths starting with a dot are blocked at the edge.

How do I back up OpenSearch?

Include the whole opensearch_data volume in your backup. It holds indexes, cluster state, the security index and Dashboards saved objects. Use OpenSearch snapshots for an application-consistent copy, store it off the server, test a restore, and never run docker compose down -v on a retained install.

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Does OpenSearch come with a dashboard?

Yes. OpenSearch Dashboards 3.9.0 runs beside the node on the primary domain. Sign in as admin to explore data, create index patterns and manage security users and roles. The session cookie is HttpOnly but not marked Secure, so this page does not claim a Secure cookie.

Why is my OpenSearch status yellow on one node?

This is a single node, so indexes with replicas stay yellow because a replica cannot be placed on the same node. That is expected, not a fault. For high availability you would need a multi-node cluster, which this template does not provide, so plan your own failover and backups.

How do I upgrade OpenSearch?

Upgrades are not automatic. The template pins OpenSearch and Dashboards 3.9.0 by immutable digest, and a catalog re-sync does not upgrade existing installs. Take a verified backup of opensearch_data, read the upstream upgrade notes, then adopt a newer template version when one is published.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.