Summary

In this chapter, we looked at what operational analytics is and how organizations want a mechanism to gather insights from all their operational activities. All the system and application log data forms a major component of operational analytics.

We identified OpenSearch as the correct purpose-built tool for storing operational data. OpenSearch has a dashboard component that makes it easy to search for relevant information flexibly and cost-effectively. Along with specific plugins, OpenSearch Dashboards makes it easy to gain insights into log data.

We then looked into how Amazon OpenSearch Service makes the task of managing the OpenSearch cluster easy. Customers can focus on the operational insights part without having to manage the underlying infrastructure alongside the software configurations.

After, we walked through typical use cases that OS helps solve. We looked at a few options to ingest data into the OpenSearch domain. Once the data had been ingested, we looked...