How do I install OpenSearch plugins?

As an example, this guide will cover installing the analysis-icu and analysis-phonetic plugins.

If your deployment is clustered, log into the OpenSearch node in your cluster:

ssh search

Switch to the root user:

sudo su -l root

Edit /mnt/jrc-confs/opensearch/opensearch.dockerfile and add the following:

# Install the ICU and Phonetic plugins
RUN ./bin/opensearch-plugin install analysis-icu \
&& ./bin/opensearch-plugin install analysis-phonetic

Stop the OpenSearch service:

systemctl stop opensearch

Remove the OpenSearch docker image from the system:

docker images | grep 'opensearch' | grep 'custom' | awk '{print $3}' | xargs docker rmi

Start the OpenSearch service, which will rebuild the docker image with your plugins:

systemctl start opensearch

Verify that the plugins are active:

docker exec --user=root -it opensearch ./bin/opensearch-plugin list