Disable ml commons plugin in opensearch

OpenSearch
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Versions (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):
We are running OpenSearch/Dashboard in Kubernetes cluster

OpenSearch/Dashboard version: v 2.9.0

K8s cluster version: 1.26.5

Describe the issue:

We do not need this ml-commons plugin in our environment, so we need to know how to disable it permanently in all opensearch cluster nodes

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There’s no static config or dynamic setting can be used to disable ml plugin, you can remove it manually by this:

./bin/opensearch-plugin remove opensearch-ml
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understood but if I’m running OpenSearch on Kubernetes, whenever the pod is re-created, the plugin would be back again. right?

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Yes, in this case you’d better make your own image.

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@Mamdouh You can also try using an init container that will remove the plugin from the OpenSearch pod before deploying it. That way you’ll avoid building a custom image.

Alternatively, if you just looking to disable ML in OpenSearch Dashboards you can disable it through opensearch_dashbaords.yml by setting:

ml_commons_dashboards.enabled: false