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description: This page shows you how to get started with Scaleway Cloud Essentials for OpenSearch.
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validation: 2025-08-05
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posted: 2025-08-05
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Apache OpenSearch allows to research, analyze, and visualize all your unstructured data with an open-source search and analytics suite. It provides a fully-managed NoSQL database service to perform full-text searches and visualize results.
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Cloud Essentials for OpenSearch is a managed solution to quickly deploy a robust database search engine that can be distributed across several nodes for enhanced performance and high availability.
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This guide covers the basic steps to set up, log in to, and delete a Cloud Essentials for OpenSearch.
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<Requirements />
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- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
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-[Owner](/iam/concepts/#owner) status or [IAM permissions](/iam/concepts/#permission) allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
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## How to create a Cloud Essentials for OpenSearch deployment
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1. Click **OpenSearch** in the **Databases** section of the console. The Cloud Essentials for OpenSearch dashboard displays.
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2. Click **+ Create deployment**. A creation form displays.
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3. Select the **Standalone** deployment configuration. Standalone deployments are cost-optimized single-node deployment for testing environments and non-critical, small-scale applications, without redundancy.
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4. Select the **SEARCHDB-SHARED-2C-8G** node type.
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5. Define a storage capacity of **5 GB**.
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6. Keep the default **network connectivity**.
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7. Create credentials to log in to your OpenSearch deployment. These credentials will grant `admin` access to the user.
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8. Enter a name for your deployment, or keep the automatically generated one.
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9. Review the estimated cost for your deployment, then click **Create deployment** to finish.
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You are directed to the **Overview** tab of your deployment.
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<Messagetype="note">
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The creation of a Cloud Essentials for OpenSearch deployment can take up to several minutes to complete.
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</Message>
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## How to connect to a Cloud Essentials for OpenSearch deployment
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### How to connect to OpenSearch Dashboards
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1. From the **Overview** tab of the deployment you just created, click the **OpenSearch dashboard** button.
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2. Enter the credentials set up during deployment creation, then click **Log in**.
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You are now connected to your Cloud Essentials for OpenSearch deployment.
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### How to communicate with a deployment using the OpenSearch REST API
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1. From the **Network** section of the **Overview** tab of the deployment you just created, copy the **API** endpoint.
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2. In a terminal, run the following command to interact with your deployment. Remember to replace the placeholders with the appropriate values:
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```sh
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curl -X GET "<cluster_api_endpoint>/_cluster/health" -ku <username>:<password>
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