Why Choose This Project?
Search is at the core of many applications—from eCommerce product listings and blogs to enterprise document archives and log analysis. Elasticsearch, a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine, provides full-text search with near real-time results and scalability. By deploying it on AWS, you gain high availability, auto-scaling, and integrated monitoring.
This project is ideal for building a powerful scalable and intelligent search engine for large datasets with real-time indexing and querying capabilities.
What You Get
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Fast, full-text search with typo tolerance and filtering
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Real-time indexing of documents and content
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Auto-scaling Elasticsearch clusters on AWS
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Custom ranking and relevance tuning
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RESTful APIs to interact with your search engine
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Optional integration with frontend or CMS (WordPress, Headless CMS)
Key Features
| Feature |
Description |
| Full-Text Search |
Search across documents, blogs, product data, or logs |
| Near Real-Time Indexing |
Index and retrieve data with low latency |
| Fuzzy Search & Auto-Correct |
Corrects typos and supports similar word matching |
| Faceted Filtering |
Supports filters by category, price, tags, etc. |
| Custom Ranking Algorithm |
Rank results by popularity, time, score, etc. |
| Scalable Infrastructure |
Horizontally scalable cluster using AWS EC2 or Elasticsearch Service |
| Multilingual Support |
Language analyzers and tokenizers |
| Monitoring & Alerts |
Integrated with Kibana and AWS CloudWatch |
| Security |
IAM, Cognito, and encryption options |
Technology Stack
| Layer |
Technology |
| Frontend (optional) |
React / Angular / Bootstrap / HTML |
| Backend API |
Node.js / Java Spring Boot / Python Flask |
| Search Engine |
Elasticsearch (OpenSearch or self-hosted) |
| Dashboard |
Kibana |
| Deployment |
AWS EC2 / Amazon OpenSearch Service |
| Load Balancer |
AWS ALB or NGINX |
| Data Source |
JSON, CSV, SQL, MongoDB, or NoSQL |
| Monitoring |
AWS CloudWatch, Kibana |
| Auth (optional) |
AWS Cognito or JWT |
Cloud Services Used
| AWS Service |
Purpose |
| Amazon OpenSearch Service |
Managed Elasticsearch cluster |
| Amazon EC2 / EBS |
Custom Elasticsearch deployment (optional) |
| AWS S3 |
Store static data or backups |
| Amazon RDS / DynamoDB |
Source data storage for indexing |
| AWS Lambda |
Serverless data ingestion or transformation |
| AWS IAM |
Access control and roles |
| AWS CloudWatch |
Monitor and alert system health |
| Amazon Cognito |
User authentication for frontend |
| Route 53 + ALB |
Domain and load balancing setup |
Working Flow
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Data Collection
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Gather data from blogs, products, documents, logs, etc.
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Data Ingestion
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Clean and preprocess data (JSON, CSV, or from DB)
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Push to Elasticsearch using REST API, Logstash, or Beats
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Elasticsearch Indexing
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Data is parsed, tokenized, and stored in an inverted index
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Optional: Use analyzers for language-specific indexing
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Querying
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User submits a search query (from UI or API)
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Elasticsearch performs fuzzy match + ranking
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Results returned instantly with relevance score
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Frontend Display (Optional)
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Monitoring
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Kibana dashboards visualize performance, errors, usage
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CloudWatch alerts admins about anomalies
Main Modules
| Module |
Description |
| Data Parser |
Converts raw content to structured documents |
| Indexing Service |
Uploads data to Elasticsearch index |
| Search Query Engine |
Processes queries and fetches results |
| Relevance Tuner |
Adjusts ranking of results |
| Monitoring Module |
Logs system and search performance |
| Frontend UI (optional) |
Input search + result display |
| Auth Module (optional) |
Secures access with Cognito/JWT |
Security Features
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IAM Roles: Limit access to AWS services
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VPC & Subnets: Isolate OpenSearch inside private subnets
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Data Encryption: At rest and in-transit using AWS KMS
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IP Whitelisting: Control access to endpoints
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Cognito/Auth Layer: User authentication for UI/API
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Audit Logging: Monitor all queries and access patterns
Visualization Options
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Kibana Dashboard for:
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Custom UI for:
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Result cards, filters, pagination
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Auto-suggest and type-ahead
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Highlighting matched terms
Customization
Fully
Security
High
Performance
Fast
Future Updates
Free
Total Buyers
500+
Support
Lifetime
