DevOps & Cloud

Your logs are scattered across dozens of servers and tools — finding what happened takes hours

We deploy OpenSearch as your centralised log management and observability platform — all logs in one place, searchable in seconds, with dashboards and alerts built on your real data.

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The challenges you're facing

Logs on individual servers requiring SSH access to investigate incidents — no centralised search or correlation

Security events buried in unindexed log files that would take days to analyse after an incident

No log retention policy — either losing critical audit data or paying too much for indefinite storage

Centralised Observability with OpenSearch

We design and deploy an OpenSearch cluster tuned for your log volume: ingestion pipeline (OpenSearch Data Prepper or Logstash), index lifecycle management for cost-effective retention, custom dashboards for your application and infrastructure, alerting on log patterns (error rate spikes, security events), and optional integration with Wazuh for SIEM functionality.

What you get

Log Source Inventory & Architecture Design

Catalogue all log sources, estimate volume, and design cluster architecture, retention, and ingestion pipeline.

OpenSearch Cluster Deployment

Deploy and configure OpenSearch cluster with appropriate node count, shard configuration, and security (TLS, RBAC).

Ingestion Pipeline Build

Configure log shippers (Fluent Bit, Logstash, Data Prepper) for all identified sources with parsing and enrichment.

Dashboards & Alerting

Build application and infrastructure dashboards in OpenSearch Dashboards, configure alerting on key patterns.

Technologies & tools

OpenSearchOpenSearch DashboardsFluent BitData PrepperWazuhAWS OpenSearch ServiceLogstashTerraform

Case study — anonymised

SaaS Platform — 50 microservices

Before

50 microservices generating logs on ECS. No centralised logging. Incident investigation required checking 20+ CloudWatch log groups manually. MTTR: 4+ hours.

After

OpenSearch deployed on AWS with all 50 services shipping logs via Fluent Bit. Full-text search across all services. Application dashboards per service. Security alerting on authentication failures.

Incident investigation time reduced from 4 hours to 12 minutes, log correlation across services now possible, SOC 2 audit log requirement satisfied

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from enterprise and mid-market teams across India and internationally.

What is the difference between OpenSearch and Elasticsearch?

OpenSearch is the open-source fork of Elasticsearch created in 2021 when Amazon forked the codebase after Elastic changed licensing. OpenSearch is fully open source under Apache 2.0 and is the version deployed on AWS as Amazon OpenSearch Service. For new deployments, we recommend OpenSearch to avoid licensing constraints.

How much does it cost to run OpenSearch?

Self-hosted OpenSearch on EC2 or ECS can run a small cluster (10GB logs/day, 30-day retention) for $300–800/month. Amazon OpenSearch Service (managed) is approximately 2–3× the cost of self-hosted but eliminates operational overhead. For high log volumes, hot-warm-cold architecture with S3 offload dramatically reduces storage costs.

Can OpenSearch replace a SIEM for security monitoring?

OpenSearch with Wazuh integration covers many SIEM use cases: centralised security log ingestion, correlation rules, alerting, and compliance reporting. For a full enterprise SIEM with threat intelligence feeds and managed detection, dedicated tools (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk) provide more out-of-the-box content. OpenSearch+Wazuh is an excellent cost-effective alternative for most organisations.

How long should we retain logs and at what cost?

Regulatory requirements vary: PCI DSS requires 12 months (3 months immediately accessible), SOC 2 typically 12 months, GDPR has no specific log retention requirement but recommends minimum needed. Cost-effective architecture: hot tier (SSD, full search, 30 days), warm tier (HDD, slower search, 60 days), cold tier (S3 Glacier equivalent, 12+ months at fraction of the cost).

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