SearchBlox for On-Prem OpenSearch

SearchBlox provides a powerful enterprise search solution that integrates seamlessly with on-premises OpenSearch deployments, enabling rapid development of high-performance search applications across diverse data sources.

SearchBlox allows you to rapidly deploy high-performance search-based applications.

Core Capabilities

326+ Connectors: Index content from databases, applications, and cloud services
Multi-format Support: Process 33+ document formats including PDF, Office, and multimedia
Multi-language Search: Support for 36 languages with native language processing
Management: Web Admin Console with User Management (SearchBlox Realm/LDAP-AD/Okta)
Supports: 36 languages and 33+ document formats
API Access : REST API for programmatic crawling/indexing/administration/search/queries
Security : Collection, Document, and Field Level Security with Encryption
Customization: Embed Search Results widget anywhere
Available for on-premise or cloud deployment

Deployment Options

Supported Platforms:
Windows Server
CentOS/RHEL
Ubuntu
Amazon Linux 2

Cloud Ready:
Deployable on AWS, Azure, and GCP

OpenSearch Integration & Compatibility
Certified with OpenSearch 2.11
Supports both on-premises and managed OpenSearch services

Create a new deployment for Opensearch v2.11 on OpenSearch and copy the Opensearch location, username and password.

# ======================== SearchBlox Configuration =========================
searchblox.deployment.type: onPrem
searchblox.elasticsearch.host: localhost
searchblox.elasticsearch.port: 9200
searchblox.elasticsearch.basic.username: admin
searchblox.elasticsearch.basic.password: admin
es.home: E:\opensearch-2.11.1\opensearch-2.11.1

searchblox.refresh_interval: 4s
searchblox.shards: 1
searchblox.replicas: 0
searchblox.http.crawldepth: -1
searchblox.user.expiry: 30

http.lastmodified.header: SearchBlox-Last-modified

#searchblox.indexserver: true

Update the Opensearch information on your SearchBlox installation and restart SearchBlox service as shown in the following.

Navigate to:

<SEARCHBLOX_INSTALLATION_PATH>/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/searchblox.yml

Update the Opensearch path, username and password. Here we provided a sample searchblox.yml configuration below:

# Deployment Configuration
searchblox.deployment.type: onPrem

# OpenSearch Connection Settings
searchblox.elasticsearch.host: localhost  # Replace with your OpenSearch host
searchblox.elasticsearch.port: 9200       # Default OpenSearch port

# Security Credentials
searchblox.elasticsearch.basic.username: your_admin_username
searchblox.elasticsearch.basic.password: your_secure_password

# OpenSearch Installation Path
es.home: /opt/opensearch-2.11.1  # Update with your exact path

Start OpenSearch through Terminal and make sure it is accessible before starting the SearchBlox service.

# Linux/macOS
cd /opt/opensearch-2.11.1
./bin/opensearch

# Windows
cd E:\opensearch-2.11.1\opensearch-2.11.1
bin\opensearch.bat

Restart the SearchBlox service and wait for 30 seconds to access your SearchBlox Admin Console.