High-level Steps to Set Up a Cluster

This section provides the high-level steps to set up a cluster when you are installing OpenSearch. For detailed instructions on steps 1 and 2, you may use the PeopleSoft Deployment Packages Installation for Search Components for the current release.

  1. Obtain the OpenSearch DPK for your operating system.

  2. Run the script to install OpenSearch. The script creates a cluster with one or multiple nodes, which you need to specify.

    While installing OpenSearch ensure that you provide values for the three configuration parameters that are essential to set up a cluster, which are discussed in an earlier section.

    • Cluster name.

    • List of host names where OpenSearch is installed.

    Note:

    To use a dedicated ML node for Semantic Search processing, configure the ML node as part of the OpenSearch cluster setup. For more information, see Configuring a Dedicated ML Node.

  3. Verify the cluster setup by executing the following command in a browser:

    http(s)://host:port/_cluster/stats?

    Where, host refers to the OpenSearch host.

    Enter the OpenSearch user credentials (osadmin) when prompted for login information.

    The cluster and node information can be found in the nodes/count/total section of the response.

    Other methods to verify the cluster and node setup, which involves using the PeopleSoft Search Framework and PeopleSoft Health Center, are discussed in a later section of this topic. See Verifying the Cluster and its Nodes.

To complete the search functionality setup, you will need to follow the post-installation instructions in the PeopleSoft Deployment Packages Installation for Search Components for the current release.

Also, refer to Understanding PeopleSoft Search Framework Administration.