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Welcome to Pulse

Welcome to Pulse - the platform that has reinvented Opensearch and Elasticsearch maintenance.

Pulse is more than just another monitoring tool. It takes things to another level with real-time cluster monitoring, ongoing cluster health assessments, actionable insights, root-cause analysis, expert support and more.

Whether you have a self-managed setup or you're using a managed solution, Pulse is the co-pilot that helps you optimize resource usage, cut cluster costs and improve performance while reducing your headaches and workload.

To get started, connect your cluster to Pulse by installing the Pulse Agent. The process is quick and easy using our Integration Wizard

Key Features and Capabilities​

Pulse gives you everything you need to maintain OpenSearch and Elasticsearch clusters more effectively:

  • Best-in-Class Cluster Monitoring - Pulse is by far, the most comprehensive monitoring solution for ELasticsearch and OpenSearch clusters, including pre-built views for nodes and indices, shard heatmaps, kNN vector search and more
  • Ongoing Cluster Health Assessments - Pulse keeps a close eye on your clusters with ongoing, proactive health checks and sends you daily reports on the performance, resiliency, stability and security of your clusters
  • Root Cause Analysis and Actionable Recommendations - whenever a cluster abnormality is detected, Pulse identifies the root cause and gives you precise, actionable recommendations to optimize your environment.
  • Intelligent Alerts - Pulse's advanced alerting features provide real-time, relevant, detailed updates on the status of your cluster and any anomalies that are detected
  • Query Analytics - Pulse analyzes query families to pinpoint trends and common issues, streamlining query optimization efforts. Pulse gives clear, actionable insights into query execution times, CPU usage, and data flow to pinpoint heavy CPU consumers and resource-intensive queries

Fits Any Configuration and Use Case​

Pulse is built to support any confuguration or use case. Whether you have a self-managed setup or you're using a managed solution, Pulse gives you the visibility and control you need, to maintain cluster health and optimize cluster cost and performance.

  • Complex Cluster Configurations - Pulse is designed to handle large and complex cluster configurations. View all clusters in one place to track performance and identify issues
  • On-prem or Managed Solutions - Pulse is compatible with any cluster deployment
  • Any Cluster Use Case - Including APM, logs, SIEM, vector search, RAG and more

Get Started​

To get started, you need to connect your cluster to Pulse using the secure Pulse Agent. We recommend that you use the Integration Wizard available on the Pulse homepage.

You can also go through the instructions included here by choosing the authentication method and selecting the environment in which you’d like to deploy to get the relevant commands.

Each deployment section presents default commands. For advanced configuration and fine-tuning options, visit the Advanced Adjustments page.

Support​​

If you encounter an error or have any questions about setting up Pulse, please contact our support team via the Pulse system. Make sure to include your logs (including the error message) and deployment configuration.