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Adds a callout to the Observability Stack in the Try OpenSearch with Docker Compose section of the downloads page.

The Observability Stack is an OpenTelemetry-native platform that bundles OpenSearch, Dashboards, Data Prepper, and an OTel Collector with pre-configured dashboards for traces, logs, metrics, and AI agent observability.

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  • 1 file changed: _includes/downloads/opensearch-docker.markdown (+8 lines)
  • Appends a brief callout at the bottom of the existing Docker Compose section
  • Links to the one-command installer and observability.opensearch.org docs
Screenshot of observability stack callout in docs page

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  • New functionality includes testing
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  • Commits are signed per the DCO using --signoff

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Add a callout to the Observability Stack in the 'Try OpenSearch with Docker Compose' section, linking to the OpenTelemetry-native platform for traces, logs, metrics, and AI agent observability.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Hounslow <kylehounslow@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyle Hounslow <kylhouns@amazon.com>
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kylehounslow force-pushed the add-observability-stack-download branch from 79e13e8 to 0a4592b Compare March 16, 2026 20:18

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Thanks, @kylehounslow! A couple of rewording suggestions.

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kylehounslow and others added 2 commits March 19, 2026 10:55
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5. Navigate to [http://localhost:5601/](http://localhost:5601) for OpenSearch Dashboards
6. Login with the default username (`admin`) and password (`<custom-admin-password>`)

**Looking for full observability out of the box?** The [Observability Stack](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability-stack) is an OpenTelemetry-native platform that bundles OpenSearch, Dashboards, Data Prepper, and an OpenTelemetry Collector with preconfigured dashboards for traces, logs, metrics, and AI agent observability. To install the Observability Stack, run the following command:

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**Looking for full observability out of the box?** The [Observability Stack](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability-stack) is an OpenTelemetry-native platform that bundles OpenSearch, Dashboards, Data Prepper, and an OpenTelemetry Collector with preconfigured dashboards for traces, logs, metrics, and AI agent observability. To install the Observability Stack, run the following command:
**Looking for full observability out of the box?** The [OpenSearch Observability Stack](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability-stack) is an OpenTelemetry-native platform that bundles OpenSearch, OpenSearch Dashboards, Data Prepper, and an OpenTelemetry Collector with preconfigured dashboards for traces, logs, metrics, and AI agent observability. To install the stack, run the following command:

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