How do I install OpenSearch and OpenSearch dashboard as service/RPM on Linux without using docker or K8s like Elasticsearch can be done?
Thanks in advance.
Here you go.
Path for service:
/etc/systemd/system/opensearch.service
Content of it:
[Unit]
Description=Opensearch
Documentation=https://opensearch.org/docs/latest
Requires=network.target remote-fs.target
After=network.target remote-fs.target
ConditionPathExists=/data/opensearch-1.2.3
ConditionPathExists=/data/opensearch/data
[Service]
User=opensearch
Group=opensearch
WorkingDirectory=/data/opensearch-1.2.3
ExecStart=/data/opensearch-1.2.3/bin/opensearch
# Specifies the maximum file descriptor number that can be opened by this process
LimitNOFILE=65535
# Specifies the maximum number of processes
LimitNPROC=4096
# Specifies the maximum size of virtual memory
LimitAS=infinity
# Specifies the maximum file size
LimitFSIZE=infinity
# Disable timeout logic and wait until process is stopped
TimeoutStopSec=0
# SIGTERM signal is used to stop the Java process
KillSignal=SIGTERM
# Send the signal only to the JVM rather than its control group
KillMode=process
# Java process is never killed
SendSIGKILL=no
# When a JVM receives a SIGTERM signal it exits with code 143
SuccessExitStatus=143
# Allow a slow startup before the systemd notifier module kicks in to extend the timeout
TimeoutStartSec=75
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Status of Service:
root@sys-test-48-54:/data/opensearch-1.2.3# service opensearch status
* opensearch.service - Opensearch
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/opensearch.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-01-18 16:01:40 +07; 2min 14s ago
Docs: https://opensearch.org/docs/latest
Main PID: 22630 (java)
Tasks: 144 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/opensearch.service
`-22630 /data/opensearch-1.2.3/jdk/bin/java -Xshare:auto -Dopensearch.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60 -Dopensearch.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10 -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -Xss1m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djna
Jan 18 16:03:22 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:22,226][WARN ][o.o.c.r.a.AllocationService] [opensearch-48-54] [si-context-1232][0] marking unavailable shards as stale: [M_pvF53NR_ORlcMwzqNCYQ]
Jan 18 16:03:22 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:22,227][WARN ][o.o.c.r.a.AllocationService] [opensearch-48-54] [si-youtube-2021-09][1] marking unavailable shards as stale: [dIqWTxi4T0yD7JICavIJHQ]
Jan 18 16:03:22 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:22,227][WARN ][o.o.c.r.a.AllocationService] [opensearch-48-54] [si-youtube-comment-2021-08][1] marking unavailable shards as stale: [v7utcGIUQ0yRo0qcfnEwMg]
Jan 18 16:03:22 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:22,227][WARN ][o.o.c.r.a.AllocationService] [opensearch-48-54] [security-auditlog-2022.01.09][0] marking unavailable shards as stale: [YrJGLw0XR0OWnK84KzkQFQ]
Jan 18 16:03:22 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:22,228][WARN ][o.o.c.r.a.AllocationService] [opensearch-48-54] [security-auditlog-2021.12.27][0] marking unavailable shards as stale: [kdwq-PXDSDCfgLy-1DaaHA]
Jan 18 16:03:27 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:27,640][INFO ][o.o.i.i.ManagedIndexCoordinator] [opensearch-48-54] Performing move cluster state metadata.
Jan 18 16:03:39 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:39,080][WARN ][o.o.c.r.a.AllocationService] [opensearch-48-54] [si-news-2021-12][1] marking unavailable shards as stale: [9Frpc2hwQIW3MT_n3sBOMw]
Jan 18 16:03:39 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:39,081][WARN ][o.o.c.r.a.AllocationService] [opensearch-48-54] [si-news-2021-11][1] marking unavailable shards as stale: [cWauA_G1Tc219s_-ZfkZVg]
Jan 18 16:03:39 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:39,082][WARN ][o.o.c.r.a.AllocationService] [opensearch-48-54] [si-news-2021-09][1] marking unavailable shards as stale: [V7Sc8MjmRAeMBntOst8SGg]
Jan 18 16:03:50 sys-test-48-54 opensearch[22630]: [2022-01-18T16:03:50,689][INFO ][o.o.c.r.a.a.BalancedShardsAllocator] [opensearch-48-54] Cannot move any shard in the cluster as there is no node on which shards can be allocated. Skipping
It is running with port 9200 + 9300
root@sys-test-48-54:/data/opensearch-1.2.3# netstat -tulpn
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp6 0 0 :::9200 :::* LISTEN 22630/java
tcp6 0 0 :::9300 :::* LISTEN 22630/java
Note: You have to create user opensearch with it’s group.
/data/opensearch-1.2.3
is the location where I untar binary file for OpenSearch.
I only spend about 10 minutes to make it works so I bet it is not really optimized 
Most of it I copy open distro from
# Specifies the maximum file descr....
until the end.
Also, don’t forget to run this command after creating service file
systemctl daemon-reload
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@BlackMetalz That’s really helpful man!!! So I can use OpenSearch Dashboard using a similar service file named opensearch-dashboard.service?
Yeah. I’m pretty sure they are the same xD. You can check the kibana service of opendistro for example
Great man!!! Thanks a lot
@avnishs could you please provide feedback regarding possibility to start OpenSearch as a service?
The config proposed by BlackMetalz did not work for me.
Installation path from the documentation
CentOS Linux release 8.5.2111
Also I tried different variations (for example this one from the official repository)
Lol. I used Ubuntu, not Centos so I guess it will be little different 
Didn’t work for me too! but then I simply executed the bin files in the background using 
bin_exec_command > /dev/null 2>&1 &
or if you want to log the startup output in a file then:
bin_exec_command > filename.log 2>&1 &
avnishs, thank you for your reply. If I can’t find the way to start OpenSearch as service, I will use the approach you suggested.
BlackMetalz, thank you for your reply. Are you sure that it is really principal in this case?)
Yes. 
( I don’t know why this post must have 20 characters requirement )
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I managed to start the OpenSearch as a service on CentOS 8 using the following workaround:
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/etc/opensearch/bin/opensearch'
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