OpenSearchCon India 2026

OpenSearch Dashboards plugins are often used to add individual features, but how far can the plugin model go? In this talk we share how we took the dashboards-observability plugin skeleton and evolved it into a full observability platform supporting tracing, RUM, profiling, synthetics, model observability, alerting, AI-powered RCA, and pipeline monitors — all within a single plugin.

We’ll walk through the architectural patterns behind this evolution, including domain-based state management, lazy-loaded modules, custom clients, and config-driven feature toggling. We’ll also discuss integrating rich visualizations such as trace timelines, dependency graphs, and flamegraphs into the Dashboards plugin shell, extending the query grammar for syntax highlighting, and organizing server routes with a middleware layer to proxy multiple backends.

Attendees will leave with practical patterns for building complex applications on OpenSearch Dashboards and a deeper understanding of how the plugin architecture can evolve from simple extensions into an extensible application platform for full solutions.