Use Observability Pipelines’ OpenSearch destination to send logs to OpenSearch.

Setup

Set up the OpenSearch destination and its environment variables when you set up a pipeline. The information below is configured in the pipelines UI.

Set up the destination

Optionally, enter the name of the OpenSearch index.

Set the environment variables

• OpenSearch authentication username:
  • Stored in the environment variable: DD_OP_DESTINATION_OPENSEARCH_USERNAME.
• OpenSearch authentication password:
  • Stored in the environment variable: DD_OP_DESTINATION_OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD.
• OpenSearch endpoint URL:
  • Stored in the environment variable: DD_OP_DESTINATION_OPENSEARCH_ENDPOINT_URL.

How the destination works

Event batching

A batch of events is flushed when one of these parameters is met. See event batching for more information.