# Configure S3 Datasource in Opensearch Dashboard

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configure-s3-datasource-in-opensearch-dashboard/19318>\
**Category:** OpenSearch Dashboards\
**Tags:** configure\
**Created:** [May 12, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configure-s3-datasource-in-opensearch-dashboard/19318 "2024-05-12T12:47:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![soundarya122](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/soundarya122/32/7501_2.png) [@soundarya122](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/soundarya122)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configure-s3-datasource-in-opensearch-dashboard/19318/1 "2024-05-12T12:47:29Z")

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**Describe the issue** :  
I am running Opensearch and Opensearch Dashboard in local using Docker compose.  
I want to configure Amazon S3 bucket as Datasource in Opensearch Dashboard.  
Dashboard → Management → Data sources.

The default option given was “Connect to Amazon S3 via AWS Glue Data Catalog with Amazon EMR as an execution engine”.  
Is there any way by which I do not need to configure the EMR and can still use S3 bucket as Datasource in Opensearch Dashboard?

**Versions** (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):  
OpenSearch - 2.12.0  
OS - Manjaro  
Kernel: 6.6.26-1-MANJARO

**Configuration** :  
Opensearch and Dashboard running on local using docker compose

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**Author:** ![pablo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/pablo/32/10363_2.png) [@pablo](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/pablo)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configure-s3-datasource-in-opensearch-dashboard/19318/2 "2024-08-16T12:13:55Z")

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@soundarya122 The Data Source plugin requires AWS Glue to query data in the S3 bucket.  
You can try to ingest data from a S3 bucket with Data Perepper or Logstash into OpenSearch. With ingest you won’t need to configure or use AWS Glue.

> **[S3 logs](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/data-prepper/common-use-cases/s3-logs/)**
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> S3 logs

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**Author:** ![soundarya122](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/soundarya122/32/7501_2.png) [@soundarya122](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/soundarya122)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/configure-s3-datasource-in-opensearch-dashboard/19318/3 "2024-08-16T13:03:00Z")

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Hi @pablo ,  
I will try to use Data Perepper or Logstash.  
If stuck somewhere, will message you for help.  
Thanks for the response. 😃