This article introduces Amazon MSK as a data source for Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion, a serverless managed service for real-time data collection and ingestion into OpenSearch Service.

• OpenSearch Ingestion now supports Amazon MSK as a source for streaming data ingestion
• Eliminates need for Lambda, custom code, Kafka Connect, or Logstash for MSK-to-OpenSearch pipelines
• Requires MSK multi-VPC connectivity and appropriate IAM permissions for both services
• Supports reading from up to four topics per pipeline with JSON or plaintext deserialization
• Auto-scaling capability based on CPU usage and pending records in pipeline
• Acknowledgments setting ensures data delivery before committing MSK offsets
• Recommended OCU configuration depends on topic partition count for optimal parallel processing

This integration simplifies operational analytics workflows by providing a fully managed, serverless solution for ingesting high-volume streaming data from MSK into OpenSearch without manual consumer management.