# Is there any other way to add whitelisting in opensearch 2.11.0

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/is-there-any-other-way-to-add-whitelisting-in-opensearch-2-11-0/18133>\
**Category:** OpenSearch\
**Tags:** discuss, troubleshoot, configure, upgrade\
**Created:** [February 28, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/is-there-any-other-way-to-add-whitelisting-in-opensearch-2-11-0/18133 "2024-02-28T05:45:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![surajrajegore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@surajrajegore](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/surajrajegore)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/is-there-any-other-way-to-add-whitelisting-in-opensearch-2-11-0/18133/1 "2024-02-28T05:45:31Z")

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Hi We are trying to migrate from elasticsearch 7.9.2 to opensearch 2.11.0 at the time of migration i’m facing follwing error  
{  
“error”: {  
“root\_cause”: [  
{  
“type”: “illegal\_argument\_exception”,  
“reason”: “Invalid remote host:[x.x.x.x]”  
}  
],  
“type”: “illegal\_argument\_exception”,  
“reason”: “Invalid remote host:[x.x.x.x]”  
},  
“status”: 400  
}  
Unfortunately, in AWS managed Elasticsearch we will not be able to modify static configuration settings like the reindex.remote.whitelist parameter, because to configure the reindex.remote.whitelist parameter requires modification of the elasticsearch.yml file. This is because AWS ES managed service and currently there isn’t a way for customers to access the OS/File System please suggest if anyone have another way to resolve this issue.

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**Author:** ![Gsmitt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/gsmitt/32/1718_2.png) [@Gsmitt](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Gsmitt)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/is-there-any-other-way-to-add-whitelisting-in-opensearch-2-11-0/18133/2 "2024-02-28T05:49:01Z")

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Hey @surajrajegore

You may have to perform a upgrade path.

`ES v7.9.2 --> OS v1.3.x --> OS v2.0 -->OS v2.11`

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**Author:** ![surajrajegore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@surajrajegore](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/surajrajegore)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/is-there-any-other-way-to-add-whitelisting-in-opensearch-2-11-0/18133/3 "2025-07-30T05:06:16Z")

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Thanks gsmitt I have completed complete es 5.2.9 migration to opensearch 2.11.0 for aws managed service.