1. Administering Oracle WebCenter Sites
  2. Monitoring and Maintaining WebCenter Sites
  3. Configure OpenSearch in WebCenter Sites

36 Configure OpenSearch in WebCenter Sites

WebCenter Sites uses Lucene search engine by default. You can optionally use OpenSearch as the search engine.

Step 1: Add OpenSearch Configuration

  1. In the Admin UI under External Integrations tree tab, add a new configuration of OpenSearch type.
  2. Fill your OpenSearch cluster details. Enter name, instance name, host name, port, dashboard port, protocol, username, password, etc. and click Save.

    The instance name is used as a prefix when creating the indexes.


    The image shows the Configuration page for OpenSearch type with various fields.

Step 2: Create OpenSearch Indexes

To create all the existing indexes in OpenSearch engine:

  1. Navigate to the Admin tab, Search, and then the Manage Search Engine page. Here, the Lucene search engine will be in Active status by default.
  2. Select the opensearch option. It will show you the list of indexes to be created for OpenSearch.

    The image shows the Manage Search Engines page where the opensearch option is selected.

  3. Click the Configure button to start creating indexes in the OpenSearch cluster.

    The image shows the Manage Search Engines page where a message is shown indicating that the index configuration is in progress for the OpenSearch engine.

    Wait till the configuration status of all the asset types shows Completed status. Click the Refresh button to refresh the table.

  4. Once all the asset types are in Completed status, click the Activate button to switch to the OpenSearch engine.

    The image shows the Manage Search Engines page where the Activate button is available to switch to the OpenSearch engine.

  5. Now, the OpenSearch engine is active.

    The image shows the Manage Search Engines page where a message is shown indicating that the OpenSearch engine is active.