SQL settings

The SQL plugin adds a few settings to the standard OpenSearch cluster settings. Most are dynamic, so you can change the default behavior of the plugin without restarting your cluster. To learn more about static and dynamic settings, see Configuring OpenSearch.

It is possible to independently disable processing of PPL or SQL queries.

You can update these settings like any other cluster setting:

PUT _cluster/settings
{
  "transient" : {
    "plugins.sql.enabled" : false
  }
}

Alternatively, you can use the following request format:

PUT _cluster/settings
{
  "transient": {
    "plugins": {
      "ppl": {
        "enabled": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Similarly, you can update the settings by sending a request to the _plugins/_query/settings endpoint:

PUT _plugins/_query/settings
{
  "transient" : {
    "plugins.sql.enabled" : false
  }
}

Alternatively, you can use the following request format:

PUT _plugins/_query/settings
{
  "transient": {
    "plugins": {
      "ppl": {
        "enabled": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requests to the _plugins/_ppl and _plugins/_sql endpoints include index names in the request body, so they have the same access policy considerations as the bulk, mget, and msearch operations. Setting the rest.action.multi.allow_explicit_index parameter to false disables both the SQL and PPL endpoints.

Available settings

Spark connector settings

The SQL plugin supports Apache Spark as an augmented compute source. When data sources are defined as tables in Apache Spark, OpenSearch can consume those tables. This allows you to run SQL queries against external sources inside OpenSearch Dashboard’s Discover and observability logs.

To get started, enable the following settings to add Spark as a data source and enable the correct permissions.

Once configured, you can test your Spark connection using the following API call:

POST /_plugins/_ppl
content-type: application/json

{
   "query": "source = my_spark.sql('select * from alb_logs')"
}