12.2 Installing OpenSearch

To install and configure OpenSearch on external node:

  1. Copy the JDK bundle from the Sentinel server at <sentinel_installation_path>/opt/novell/sentinel/jdk> to your external Opensearch node machine. For example, </foo/jdk>.Ensure that OpenSearch users and groups have access to this JDK.

  2. Export JAVA_HOME to the copied location. For example, export JAVA_HOME="/foo/jdk".

  3. Download the certified version of OpenSearch RPM (opensearch-<version>-linux-x64.rpm). For more information about the certified version of OpenSearch and the download URL, see the System Requirements page.

  4. Install OpenSearch:

    rpm -ivh opensearch.rpm
  5. Complete the tasks as mentioned on-screen in the RPM post-installation instructions.

  6. Set the file descriptors by adding the following properties in the /etc/security/limits.conf file:

    opensearch hard nofile 65536

    opensearch soft nofile 65536

    opensearch soft as unlimited

    NOTE:After you complete the above prerequisites, run the sysctl -p command to reload the changes made to the files.

  7. Restart the OpenSearch.

    systemctl restart opensearch.service
  8. Repeat all of the above steps on each external OpenSearch nodes of the OpenSearch cluster.