How to deploy an Amazon OpenSearch cluster to ingest logs from Amazon Security Lake
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This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to deploy an Amazon OpenSearch cluster to ingest logs from Amazon Security Lake for real-time security monitoring and threat detection.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Prerequisites and deciding on instance types and storage requirements for the OpenSearch cluster
- Deploying the OpenSearch cluster using a CloudFormation template
- Setting up an OpenSearch Ingestion pipeline to ingest logs from Security Lake
- Configuring data expiration rules to expire logs after a set period
- Cleaning up resources to avoid unwanted charges
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