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Last updated on Aug 05, 2025

Bitnami package for OpenSearch Dashboards

What is OpenSearch Dashboards?

OpenSearch Dashboards is a visualization tool for OpenSearch installations. OpenSearch is a scalable open-source solution for search, analytics, and observability.

Overview of OpenSearch Dashboards Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

TL;DR

docker run -it --name opensearch-dashboards bitnami/opensearch-dashboards:latest

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Looking to use OpenSearch Dashboards in production? Try VMware Tanzu Application Catalog, the commercial edition of the Bitnami catalog.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

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You can see the equivalence between the different tags by taking a look at the tags-info.yaml file present in the branch folder, i.e bitnami/ASSET/BRANCH/DISTRO/tags-info.yaml.

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Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami OpenSearch Dashboards Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/opensearch-dashboards:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the list of available versions in the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/opensearch-dashboards:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the docker build command. Remember to replace the APP, VERSION and OPERATING-SYSTEM path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.

git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .

Maintenance

Upgrade this image

Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of OpenSearch Dashboards, including security patches, soon after they are made upstream. We recommend that you follow these steps to upgrade your container.

Step 1: Get the updated image

docker pull bitnami/opensearch-dashboards:latest

Step 2: Remove the currently running container

docker rm -v opensearch-dashboards

Step 3: Run the new image

Re-create your container from the new image.

docker run --name opensearch-dashboards bitnami/opensearch-dashboards:latest

Configuration

Environment variables

Customizable environment variables

Name Description Default Value
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_OPENSEARCH_URL Opensearch URL. Provide Client node url in the case of a cluster opensearch
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_OPENSEARCH_PORT_NUMBER Elasticsearch port 9200
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_HOST Opensearch Dashboards host 0.0.0.0
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_PORT_NUMBER Opensearch Dashboards port 5601
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_WAIT_READY_MAX_RETRIES Max retries to wait for Opensearch Dashboards to be ready 30
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_INITSCRIPTS_START_SERVER Whether to start the Opensearch Dashboards server before executing the init scripts yes
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_FORCE_INITSCRIPTS Whether to force the execution of the init scripts no
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_DISABLE_STRICT_CSP Disable strict Content Security Policy (CSP) for Opensearch Dashboards no
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_CERTS_DIR Path to certificates folder. ${SERVER_CONF_DIR}/certs
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_SERVER_ENABLE_TLS Enable TLS for inbound connections via HTTPS. false
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_SERVER_KEYSTORE_LOCATION Path to Keystore ${SERVER_CERTS_DIR}/server/opensearch-dashboards.keystore.p12
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_SERVER_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD Password for the Opensearch keystore containing the certificates or password-protected PEM key. nil
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_SERVER_TLS_USE_PEM Configure Opensearch Dashboards server TLS settings using PEM certificates. false
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_SERVER_CERT_LOCATION Path to PEM node certificate. ${SERVER_CERTS_DIR}/server/tls.crt
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_SERVER_KEY_LOCATION Path to PEM node key. ${SERVER_CERTS_DIR}/server/tls.key
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_SERVER_KEY_PASSWORD Password for the Opensearch node PEM key. nil
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_PASSWORD Opensearch Dashboards password. nil
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_OPENSEARCH_ENABLE_TLS Enable TLS for Opensearch communications. false
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_OPENSEARCH_TLS_VERIFICATION_MODE Opensearch TLS verification mode. full
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_OPENSEARCH_TRUSTSTORE_LOCATION Path to Opensearch Truststore. ${SERVER_CERTS_DIR}/opensearch/opensearch.truststore.p12
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_OPENSEARCH_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD Password for the Opensearch truststore. nil
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_OPENSEARCH_TLS_USE_PEM Configure Opensearch TLS settings using PEM certificates. false
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_OPENSEARCH_CA_CERT_LOCATION Path to Opensearch CA certificate. ${SERVER_CERTS_DIR}/opensearch/ca.crt

Read-only environment variables

Name Description Value
SERVER_FLAVOR Server flavor. Valid values: kibana or opensearch-dashboards. opensearch-dashboards
BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR Directory where to mount volumes /bitnami
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_VOLUME_DIR Opensearch Dashboards persistence directory ${BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR}/opensearch-dashboards
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_BASE_DIR Opensearch Dashboards installation directory ${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/opensearch-dashboards
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_CONF_DIR Opensearch Dashboards configuration directory ${SERVER_BASE_DIR}/config
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR Opensearch Dashboards default configuration directory ${SERVER_BASE_DIR}/config.default
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_LOGS_DIR Opensearch Dashboards logs directory ${SERVER_BASE_DIR}/logs
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_TMP_DIR Opensearch Dashboards temporary directory ${SERVER_BASE_DIR}/tmp
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_BIN_DIR Opensearch Dashboards executable directory ${SERVER_BASE_DIR}/bin
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_PLUGINS_DIR Opensearch Dashboards plugins directory ${SERVER_BASE_DIR}/plugins
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_DEFAULT_PLUGINS_DIR Opensearch Dashboards default plugins directory ${SERVER_BASE_DIR}/plugins.default
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_DATA_DIR Opensearch Dashboards data directory ${SERVER_VOLUME_DIR}/data
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_MOUNTED_CONF_DIR Directory for including custom configuration files (that override the default generated ones) ${SERVER_VOLUME_DIR}/conf
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_CONF_FILE Path to Opensearch Dashboards configuration file ${SERVER_CONF_DIR}/opensearch_dashboards.yml
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_LOG_FILE Path to the Opensearch Dashboards log file ${SERVER_LOGS_DIR}/opensearch-dashboards.log
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_PID_FILE Path to the Opensearch Dashboards pid file ${SERVER_TMP_DIR}/opensearch-dashboards.pid
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_INITSCRIPTS_DIR Path to the Opensearch Dashboards container init scripts directory /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_DAEMON_USER Opensearch Dashboards system user opensearch-dashboards
OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_DAEMON_GROUP Opensearch Dashboards system group opensearch-dashboards

Running commands

To run commands inside this container you can use docker run, for example to execute opensearch-dashboards --help you can follow the example below:

docker run --rm --name opensearch-dashboards bitnami/opensearch-dashboards:latest --help

Check the official OpenSearch Dashboards documentation for more information about how to use OpenSearch Dashboards.

Notable Changes

Starting January 16, 2024

  • The docker-compose.yaml file has been removed, as it was solely intended for internal testing purposes.

Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute to this Docker image. You can request new features by creating an issue or submitting a pull request with your contribution.

Issues

If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an issue. For us to provide better support, be sure to fill the issue template.

License

Copyright © 2024 Bitnami

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.