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From deployment to deeper answers.

Everything you need to run OBSESC in your environment, from day one to at scale.

OBSESC runs entirely in your AWS account. This documentation helps you deploy, configure ingestion, explore your data and operate OBSESC with confidence.

From launch to your first query.

Follow the quick start guide to launch OBSESC from AWS Marketplace, configure a shipper, and see your logs in Explore.

  1. 1Launch the AMI
  2. 2Configure your shipper
  3. 3Ingest logs
  4. 4Run your first query
Architecture at a glance

Runs in your account. Works with your stack.

OBSESC sits alongside your existing observability stack, receiving a copy of your logs, storing every event, and giving you fast, practical ways to explore them.

Your log shippers
Fluent Bit
Vector
OpenTelemetry
Filebeat
Splunk HEC
...
Fan-out (to OBSESC)
aws Your AWS account
Operator console |Explore |Query API
OBSESC node
OBSESC node
OBSESC node
+ n
Navigation tier (in your account)
Navigation tier (in your account)
Navigation tier (in your account)
Your object storage bucket (S3)|Fidelity tier
Every event, complete, in open columnar files under an open table format
Your query engines
OBSESC Explore
Amazon Athena
Trino
Spark
DuckDB
...
Example: configure Fluent Bit (fan-out)
[OUTPUT]
Nameopentelemetry# Send a copy of all logs to OBSESC (OTLP/HTTP)
Match*# Adjust host, port and TLS settings for your deployment
Hostobsesc.your-domain.internal# No changes to your existing output(s)
Port4318
Logs_uri/v1/logs
TlsOn
Tls.verifyOn
Browse by topic

Documentation for every stage.

Start with the overview
Get started

Deploy, ingest logs and run your first query in hours.

Start here
Ingestion

Configure your existing shippers (OTel, Fluent Bit, Vector, etc.).

View ingestion docs
Query and analyse

Use Explore, write SQL, and answer complex questions.

View query docs
Operations

Monitor, scale, upgrade and troubleshoot OBSESC.

View operations docs
Security and compliance

Understand our security model, IAM, encryption and audit.

View security docs
Reference

APIs, configuration, limits and release notes.

View reference docs
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