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How to upgrade to New Search Service

Updated: May 27, 2025

Introduction

A new SearchService has been introduced in Nuxeo LTS 2025. The ElasticSearchService has been removed, representing a breaking change. The code needs to be modified to use the new SearchService.

Maven Dependency

nuxeo-elasticsearch-core has been removed in LTS 2025

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.nuxeo.elasticsearch</groupId>
  <artifactId>nuxeo-elasticsearch-core</artifactId>
</dependency>

Should be replaced by:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.nuxeo.ecm.core</groupId>
  <artifactId>nuxeo-core-search</artifactId>
</dependency>

The management API provided by nuxeo-elasticsearch-rest is now part of nuxeo-rest-api-server.

Java Code

The new SearchService implements a standardized method for executing NXQL queries against document repositories. Queries are executed on a dedicated search index, which can be contributed. This index primarily identifies repository and search client configurations.

By default, an index named repository is provided. This index is configured for the default repository and utilizes a Repository search client, leveraging the CoreSession to execute queries on the repository backend.

When a Search Client package, such as nuxeo-search-client-opensearch1, is installed to enable OpenSearch or Elasticsearch back-end functionality, an enhanced index is automatically created. This enhanced index will serve as the default search index for the default repository.

How to Use the New SearchService

Here are few examples on how to build queries, search and load matching documents:

import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.search.SearchQuery;
import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.search.SearchService;
import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.search.SearchResponse;
  // ...
  // Build a query
  SearchQuery query;
  // NXQL on default repository using its default index, with the current user
  query = SearchQuery.builder("SELECT * from Document").build();
  // same but using the repository and user from the given session
  query = SearchQuery.builder("SELECT * from Document", session).build();
  // explicit use of the repository index (repository back-end)
  query = SearchQuery.builder("SELECT * from Document").index("repository").build();
  // explicit use of the enhanced index
  query = SearchQuery.builder("SELECT * from Document").index("enhanced").build();

  // Execute the query
  SearchService searchService = Framework.getService(SearchService.class);
  SearchResponse response = searchService.search(query);

  // total number of match for the query without limits
  long totalMatch = response.getTotal();
  // number of returned match (aka hit) can be document ids or rows
  long hits = response.getHitsCount();

  // load search result documents from the repository using the given session
  DocumentModelList docs = response.loadDocuments(session);
  // or use an iterator
  IterableQueryResult iterator = response.getHitsAsIterator();
  // or ask for rows
  PartialList<Map<String, Serializable>> rows = response.getHitsAsMap();
  // or use hits
  List<SearchHit> hits = response.getHits();
  String firstDocId = hits.getFirst().getDocId();

Code Change Examples

Following are some examples of code conversions from LTS 2023 ElasticSearchService to the new SearchService:

An NXQL query using LTS 2023 ElasticSearchService:

ElasticSearchService ess = Framework.getService(ElasticSearchService.class);
NxQueryBuilder query = new NxQueryBuilder(session).nxql("SELECT * FROM Document").limit(1);
DocumentModelList docs = ess.query(query);

Might be converted to:

import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.search.SearchQuery;
import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.search.SearchService;
// ...
SearchService searchService = Framework.getService(SearchService.class);
var query = SearchQuery.builder("SELECT * from Document", session).limit(1).build();
DocumentModelList docs = searchService.search(searchQuery).loadDocuments(session);

A scroll search using LTS 2023 ElasticSearchService:

long scrollKeepAliveMillis = 10_000L;
int scrollSize = 20;
ElasticSearchService ess = Framework.getService(ElasticSearchService.class);
EsScrollResult res = ess.scroll(new NxQueryBuilder(session)
                                  .nxql(query)
                                  .limit(batchSize), keepAliveMillis);
// ...
// next results
res = ess.scroll(res);

Might be converted to:

SearchService searchService = Framework.getService(SearchService.class);
SearchResponse res = searchService.search(SearchQuery.builder(query, session)
  .scrollSize(scrollSize)
  .scrollKeepAlive(Duration.ofMillis(scrollKeepAliveMillis))
  .build());
// ...
// next results
res = searchService.searchScroll(res.getScrollContext());

Query using the OpenSearch API in LTS 2023

import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
import org.opensearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;

//...
ElasticSearchAdmin esa = Framework.getService(ElasticSearchAdmin.class);
SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest(IDX_NAME)
  .source(new SearchSourceBuilder().query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).from(0).size(60));
SearchResponse response = esa.getClient().search(request);

This requires to add a dependency on nuxeo-runtime-opensearch1 module, to be converted to:

import org.nuxeo.runtime.opensearch1.OpenSearchClientService;
import org.nuxeo.runtime.opensearch1.client.OpenSearchClient;

OpenSearchClient client = Framework.getService(OpenSearchClientService.class).getClient("default");
SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest(IDX_NAME)
  .source(new SearchSourceBuilder().query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).from(0).size(60));
SearchResponse response = client.search(request);

Test runner

There is no more RepositoryElasticSearchFeature or RepositoryLightElasticSearchFeature feature runners.

You have to use the new CoreSearchFeature.

@RunWith(FeaturesRunner.class)
@Features(CoreSearchFeature.class)
public class MyTestSuite {

  @Inject
  protected CoreSession session;

  @Inject
  protected SearchService searchService;

  @Inject
  protected TransactionalFeature txFeature;

  @Test
  public void testSomething() {
    ...
    var documents = searchService.search(SearchQuery.builder("SELECT * FROM Document).build).loadDocuments(session);
    ... 
  }
}

It's possible to run the test suite with different search clients:

# run test with default repository search client
mvn -nsu test -Dtest=MyTestSuite
# run unit test against an embedded opensearch1 server
mvn -nsu test -Dtest=MyTestSuite -Dnuxeo.test.search=opensearch1
# run unit test against a remote opensearch server
mvn -nsu test -Dtest=MyTestSuite -Dnuxeo.test.search=opensearch1 -Dnuxeo.test.opensearch1.servers=http://my-opensearch-cluster:9200/

Page Providers

Any reference to ElasticSearchNxqlPageProvider page provider needs to be replaced by SearchServicePageProvider.

When an enhanced search client like nuxeo-search-client-opensearch1 is installed it will be used.

For instance, this

<genericPageProvider class="org.nuxeo.elasticsearch.provider.ElasticSearchNxqlPageProvider"

Should be replaced by:

<genericPageProvider class="org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.query.nxql.SearchServicePageProvider"

XML Contributions

Contributions made to org.nuxeo.elasticsearch.ElasticSearchComponent extension points should be updated to the new services.

For instance hint contributions should be changed from

  <extension target="org.nuxeo.elasticsearch.ElasticSearchComponent" point="elasticSearchHints">
    <hint name="foo" class="..." />

to 

<extension target="org.nuxeo.ecm.core.search.client.opensearch1" point="hint">
  <hint name="foo" class="..." />

Automation Operations

ElasticSearch.Index should be replaced by Search.Index.

Elasticsearch.BulkIndex should be replaced by Search.Index.

Elasticsearch.WaitForIndexing should be replaced by Search.WaitForIndexing.

Management API

/management/elasticsearch call should be changed to /management/search to remain compatible.

There is no more low level /management/elasticsearch/flush and /management/elasticsearch/optimize. We recommend to use directly the search engine to perform such administrative operation.

Nuxeo Server Configuration

Nuxeo Server is provided with a repository search client implementation. You need to explicitly install a search client Marketplace Package to have an enhanced index.

OpenSearch Search Client

To use OpenSearch indexing and search capability you need to install the nuxeo-search-client-opensearch1 package.

After installation, check that the opensearch1-search-client template is included in your nuxeo.conf file. The template will enable to access an OpenSearch 1.x, Elasticsearch 7.x or 8.x cluster. The previous elasticsearch.enabled configuration property has no more effect.

Previously, the ElasticSearch / OpenSearch configuration properties looked like:

# generic
elasticsearch.addressList=http://localhost:9200
elasticsearch.restClient.connectionTimeoutMs=30000
elasticsearch.restClient.socketTimeoutMs=121000
elasticsearch.restClient.ssl.certificate.verification=true

# optional
elasticsearch.restClient.username=
elasticsearch.restClient.password=
elasticsearch.restClient.truststore.path=
elasticsearch.restClient.truststore.password=
elasticsearch.restClient.truststore.type=
elasticsearch.restClient.keystore.path=
elasticsearch.restClient.keystore.password=
elasticsearch.restClient.keystore.type=

# repository index
elasticsearch.indexName=nuxeo
elasticsearch.index.translog.durability=request
elasticsearch.indexNumberOfShards=5
elasticsearch.indexNumberOfReplicas=1

Now you will configure OpenSearch 1 / ElasticSearch 7 or 8 connection with:

# generic
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.server=http://localhost:9200
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.connectionTimeout=3s
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.socketTimeout=121s
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.sslCertificateVerification=true

# optional
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.username=
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.password=
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.trustStore.path=
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.trustStore.password=
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.trustStore.type=
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.keyStore.path=
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.keyStore.password=
nuxeo.opensearch1.client.keyStore.type=

# default index for the default repository
nuxeo.search.client.default.opensearch1.index.name=nuxeo
nuxeo.search.client.default.opensearch1.settings.indexTranslogDurability=request
nuxeo.search.client.default.opensearch1.settings.numberOfShards=5
nuxeo.search.client.default.opensearch1.settings.numberOfReplicas=1

Currently, there is no managed alias support. The elasticsearch.manageAlias.enabled should not be used.