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 Duration 14 hours

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Sovereignty in Open-Source Search and Analytics

  • Impact of Elastic license modifications and subsequent forks.
  • Comparative feature analysis of OpenSearch versus Elasticsearch for 2025-2026.
  • Application scenarios: enterprise search, log analysis, SIEM, and observability.

Cluster Architecture

  • Node roles: master, data, coordinating, and ingest functions.
  • Security plugin configuration: intra-node TLS, certificates, and PKI.
  • Preventing split-brain issues via discovery.seed_hosts and minimum master node settings.

Data Ingestion

  • Indexing via REST API, bulk data loading, and defining mappings.
  • Pipelines utilizing Beats, Fluent Bit, and Logstash.
  • Processing traces and metrics with the OpenTelemetry Collector.

Search Capabilities and Dashboards

  • Query DSL components: match, term, range, aggregations, and nested field handling.
  • Creating visualizations and dashboards in OpenSearch Dashboards.
  • SIEM implementations: configuring alert rules and anomaly detection.

Index Management

  • Index Lifecycle Management (ILM): rollover, shrinking, and deletion strategies.
  • Designing hot-warm-cold data architectures.
  • Optimizing mappings and refining text analysis.

Security and Access Governance

  • Implementing RBAC through users, roles, and tenant isolation.
  • Authentication integration using SAML and OpenID Connect.
  • Enforcing document-level security and field-level data masking.

Backup and Restoration

  • Configuring snapshot repositories for MinIO, S3, or NFS.
  • Automating snapshot processes using Curator or ISM.
  • Restoring specific indices and executing cluster-wide disaster recovery.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with search engine mechanics and inverted index structures.
  • Proficiency in interacting with REST APIs and handling JSON data.
  • Foundational Linux administration skills, including systemd, log management, and package handling.

Target Audience

  • Professionals focused on search and log analytics.
  • Organizations aiming to replace managed Elasticsearch or Splunk deployments.
  • Security specialists developing independent SIEM infrastructure.

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