# NetApp Has Released OpenSearch 2.9.0 to General Availability on the Instaclustr Managed Platform [Blog](/blog/)>[Technology](/blog/category/technical/)>NetApp Has Released OpenSearch 2.9.0 to General Availability on the Instaclustr Managed Platform NetApp Has Released OpenSearch 2.9.0 to General Availability on the Instaclustr Managed Platform ================================================================================================ October 05, 2023 | By [ Alex Bunday](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/author/abunday/) [ ](https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=NetApp%20Has%20Released%20OpenSearch%202.9.0%20to%20General%20Availability%20on%20the%20Instaclustr%20Managed%20Platform&url=https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/opensearch-2-9-0-to-general-availability/) [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/opensearch-2-9-0-to-general-availability/&title=&summary=NetApp%20Has%20Released%20OpenSearch%202.9.0%20to%20General%20Availability%20on%20the%20Instaclustr%20Managed%20Platform&source=) OpenSearch® version 2.9.0 has now been released on the Instaclustr Managed Platform. This new version includes a number of exciting updates we’d like to tell you about. OpenSearch customers can now create alerts and anomaly detectors directly through OpenSearch Dashboards. You can also see these alerts and anomalies overlaid on your dashboard graphs. This streamlines the process of creating and managing alerts for your OpenSearch cluster, as well as revealing new insights about your data through visualizations on your dashboards. Find out more about this feature in the [release notes here.](https://opensearch.org/blog/introducing-opensearch-2.9.0/) Another feature of note is the general availability release of search pipelines. Setting up a search pipeline allows you to pre-process search requests and post-process search results before sending them back to the application. This means you can move more of the complexity of search processing into your OpenSearch cluster and out of your application. You can find out more about [search pipelines here](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/search-plugins/search-pipelines/index/). OpenSearch 2.9.0 also introduces composite monitors. Composite monitors allow you to set up sequences of multiple monitors to send a chain of alerts. This allows you to establish relationships between monitors and alerts in meaningful ways. For example, you could set up an alert that triggers when multiple monitors identify a particular condition. This helps simplify multiple alerts into a single alert that can provide more context or reduce the noise of multiple single alerts. Find out more about [composite monitors here.](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/observing-your-data/alerting/composite-monitors/) This latest release of OpenSearch also features a slew of performance and functionality enhancements. These updates include updates to k-NN, better support for machine learning workloads and enhanced visualization through OpenSearch Dashboards. To see the full list of updates, [check the release notes here.](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build/blob/main/release-notes/opensearch-release-notes-2.9.0.md) Customers of the Instaclustr Managed Platform can begin deploying OpenSearch 2.9.0 on new clusters through the Console, API, or Terraform from today. For existing clusters, customers can contact our Support team to upgrade at . For new customers, you can spin up an OpenSearch cluster for free through our [customer console](https://console2.instaclustr.com/signup) now. If you have any questions about this update or OpenSearch in general, please [contact our friendly team](https://support@instaclustr.com/) at any time. ### About the author **[Alex Bunday](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/author/abunday/)** | Product Manager Alex Bunday is a Product Manager with a strong focus on security and search within the Instaclustr Managed Platform, driving value through innovative solutions in the open source community. With expertise in managing product lifecycles and engaging stakeholders, Alex leverages data-driven insights to continuously improve and deliver impactful results. His collaborative approach empowers teams to develop and ship enhancements that meet customer needs and strengthen product offerings. ![mail icon]()#### Get the latest articles for open sourceIn your inbox Sign up now ### Related content [ Dedicated Ingest Nodes Public Preview Release for OpenSearch® on Instaclustr by NetApp If you are interested in learning more about dedicated ingest nodes, or our Managed OpenSearch service in general, feel free to ... ](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/dedicated-ingest-nodes-public-preview-release-for-opensearch-on-instaclustr-by-netapp/) [ How to query Apache Iceberg tables from ClickHouse Learn how to query Apache Iceberg tables from ClickHouse directly in S3 using the iceberg() table function or IcebergS3. 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