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Migrating data from Elasticsearch to Yandex Managed Service for OpenSearch

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Updated at May 5, 2025
  • Required paid resources
  • Getting started
  • Set up the source cluster
  • Prepare the test data
  • Configure the target cluster
  • Set up and activate the transfer
  • Test the transfer
  • Delete the resources you created

You can set up data transfer from Elasticsearch to Managed Service for OpenSearch indexes using Data Transfer. Proceed as follows:

  1. Set up the source cluster.
  2. Prepare the test data.
  3. Configure the target cluster.
  4. Set up and activate your transfer.
  5. Test the transfer.

If you no longer need the resources you created, delete them.

Required paid resourcesRequired paid resources

The support cost includes:

  • Managed Service for OpenSearch cluster fee: Using computing resources allocated to hosts (including hosts with the MANAGER role) and disk space (see Managed Service for OpenSearch pricing).
  • Fee for using public IP addresses for cluster hosts (see Virtual Private Cloud pricing).

Getting startedGetting started

  1. Set up your infrastructure:

    1. Create a custom Elasticsearch installation.

    2. Enable access to the cluster from Yandex Cloud.

    3. Create a Managed Service for OpenSearch target cluster in any suitable configuration with publicly available hosts.

  2. Install the utilities:

    • curl to make requests to clusters.

      sudo apt update && sudo apt install --yes curl
      
    • jq for JSON file stream processing.

      sudo apt update && sudo apt install --yes jq
      

Set up the source clusterSet up the source cluster

  1. (Optional) Create a user to execute the transfer.

    You can provide data from the Elasticsearch cluster as the admin user with the superuser role; however, it is more secure to create separate users with limited privileges for each task.

    1. In the source cluster, create a role with the create_index and write privileges for all indexes (*).

    2. In the source cluster, create a user to execute the transfer and assign the user the role you created.

Prepare the test dataPrepare the test data

  1. In the source cluster, create a test index named people and set its schema:

    curl --user <username_in_source_cluster>:<user_password_in_source_cluster> \
         --cacert ~/.elasticsearch/root.crt \
         --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         --request PUT 'https://<address_of_Elasticsearch_host_with_Data_Node_role>:9200/people' && \
    curl --user <username_in_source_cluster>:<user_password_in_source_cluster> \
         --cacert ~/.elasticsearch/root.crt \
         --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         --request PUT 'https://<address_of_Elasticsearch_host_with_Data_Node_role>:9200/people/_mapping?pretty' \
         --data'
         {
               "properties": {
                  "name": {"type": "text"},
                  "age": {"type": "integer"}
               }
         }
         '
    
  2. Populate the test index with data:

    curl --user <username_in_source_cluster>:<user_password_in_source_cluster> \
         --cacert ~/.elasticsearch/root.crt \
         --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         --request POST 'https://<address_of_Elasticsearch_host_with_Data_Node_role>:9200/people/_doc/?pretty' \
         --data'
         {
               "name" : "Alice",
               "age" : "30"
         }
         ' && \
    curl --user <username_in_source_cluster>:<user_password_in_source_cluster> \
         --cacert ~/.elasticsearch/root.crt \
         --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         --request POST 'https://<address_of_Elasticsearch_host_with_Data_Node_role>:9200/people/_doc/?pretty' \
         --data'
         {
               "name" : "Robert",
               "age" : "32"
         }
         '
    
  3. (Optional) Check the data in the test index:

    curl --user <username_in_target_cluster>:<user_password_in_target_cluster> \
         --cacert ~/.elasticsearch/root.crt \
         --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         --request GET 'https://<address_of_Elasticsearch_host_with_Data_Node_role>:9200/people/_search?pretty'
    

Configure the target clusterConfigure the target cluster

  1. Get an SSL certificate to connect to the Managed Service for OpenSearch cluster.

  2. (Optional) Create a user to execute the transfer.

    You can provide data to the Managed Service for OpenSearch cluster as the admin user with the superuser role; however, it is more secure to create separate users with limited privileges for each task.

    1. Create a role with the create_index and write privileges for all indexes (*).

    2. Create a user and assign this role to them.

Set up and activate the transferSet up and activate the transfer

  1. Create an endpoint for the Elasticsearch source.

  2. Create an endpoint for the OpenSearch target.

  3. Create a transfer:

    Manually
    Terraform
    1. Create a transfer of the Snapshot type that will use the endpoints you created.
    2. Activate the transfer and wait until its status switches to Completed.
    1. In the data-transfer-mes-mos.tf file, specify these variables:

      • source_endpoint_id: ID of the source endpoint.
      • target_endpoint_id: Target endpoint ID.
      • transfer_enabled: 1 to create a transfer.
    2. Make sure the Terraform configuration files are correct using this command:

      terraform validate
      

      If there are any errors in the configuration files, Terraform will point them out.

    3. Create the required infrastructure:

      1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

        terraform plan
        

        If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

      2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

        1. Run this command:

          terraform apply
          
        2. Confirm updating the resources.

        3. Wait for the operation to complete.

    4. Activate the transfer and wait until its status switches to Completed.

Test the transferTest the transfer

Check that the Managed Service for OpenSearch cluster's people index contains the data that was sent:

Bash
OpenSearch Dashboards

Run this command:

curl --user <username_in_target_cluster>:<user_password_in_target_cluster> \
     --cacert ~/.opensearch/root.crt \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --request GET 'https://<address_of_OpenSearch_host_with_Data_Node_role>:9200/people/_search?pretty'
  1. Connect to the target cluster using OpenSearch Dashboards.
  2. Select the Global tenant.
  3. Open the control panel by clicking .
  4. Under OpenSearch Dashboards, select Discover.
  5. In the CHANGE INDEX PATTERN field, select the people index.

Delete the resources you createdDelete the resources you created

Some resources are not free of charge. To avoid paying for them, delete the resources you no longer need:

  1. Delete the transfer.

  2. Delete the endpoints for both the source and target.

  3. Delete the Managed Service for OpenSearch cluster.

  4. Delete the subnet and network.

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