# Switching search on docs to OpenSearch

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/switching-search-on-docs-to-opensearch/10885>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** documentation, dawgs-meeting\
**Created:** [November 13, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/switching-search-on-docs-to-opensearch/10885 "2024-11-13T15:36:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![samccann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/samccann/32/18_2.png) [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/switching-search-on-docs-to-opensearch/10885/1 "2024-11-13T15:36:11Z")

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Hi folks -

We’ve had problems with our current search box solution on core and package docs. Under the covers, it’s the swiftype engine. Sphinx docs have their own built in search (open search) so we’re going back to that search option with [this PR](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-documentation/pull/2140).

We will merge that PR in the next day or so and then backport to all active branches.

…this is also the doc search ReadTheDocs uses on individual subprojects so it’s seen a lot of action in that community 🙂

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**Author:** ![gundalow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gundalow/32/99_2.png) [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/switching-search-on-docs-to-opensearch/10885/2 "2024-11-14T15:29:01Z")

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Thanks for looking into this.

I’m OK with `devel` being published with this change. Then, assuming the testing is OK we can merge the backports.

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**Author:** ![gundalow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gundalow/32/99_2.png) [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/switching-search-on-docs-to-opensearch/10885/3 "2024-11-15T17:05:12Z")

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We’ve merged the PR into `/devel/` so [Ansible Documentation — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/) doesn’t have Swift search anymore (bottom right) and the search on top left seems to work correctly.  
We will [backport this change](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-documentation/pull/2140) to the older `ansible` & ansible core docs early next week.

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**Author:** ![samccann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/samccann/32/18_2.png) [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/switching-search-on-docs-to-opensearch/10885/4 "2024-11-18T15:43:59Z")

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Merging backports now so this change will be reflected on /lastest/ docs in the next few hours