OpenSearch
Subscription Required
Elasticsearch is Liferay’s native search engine. Beginning with Liferay DXP 2025.Q1, you can operate Liferay with OpenSearch as the search engine.
Refer to the Compatibility Matrix to understand the version compatibility between Liferay and OpenSearch.
If you’re deploying Liferay DXP with the Cloud Native Experience AWS Ready toolkit, the Amazon OpenSearch domain and Liferay’s connection to it are provisioned automatically.
OpenSearch Limitations
Some Liferay features and APIs are unavailable when you use OpenSearch. These features cannot be used with OpenSearch:
If you need these features, use Elasticsearch instead.
Feature Availability
OpenSearch support was introduced as a beta feature before becoming generally available.
- OpenSearch was a beta feature available on Liferay Marketplace for Liferay DXP 2025.Q1 through 2025.Q4.
- OpenSearch became generally available in Liferay DXP 2026.Q1.
Download the connector from the Liferay Connector to OpenSearch 2 page on Liferay Marketplace. Choose the version that matches your Liferay version:
- v1.x (beta): Liferay DXP 2025.Q1–2025.Q4
- v2.x (GA): Liferay DXP 2026.Q1+
See the Search Engine Compatibility Matrix for compatible versions.