Quickwit Docs Go Live: Rust‑Built Distributed Search Engine for Sub‑Second Queries on Object Storage
Quickwit is a Rust‑based distributed search engine that enables sub‑second queries directly on cloud object storage, and its documentation details the architecture, core concepts, installation, data ingestion, log management, tracing, deployment options, configuration, and operational best practices.
Introduction
What is Quickwit? A Rust‑written distributed search engine designed for sub‑second query latency on object storage.
Architecture separates compute from storage to achieve efficient resource utilization and scalability to petabyte‑scale data.
Advanced concepts
Index
Query
Delete
Getting Started
Quick start guide
Installation procedures
Tutorials
Using Grafana for log and trace visualization
Integrating Jaeger for distributed tracing
Indexing a local log dataset
Running searches with AWS Lambda
Performing distributed search on AWS S3
Quickwit query language overview
Configuration
Node configuration
Storage configuration
Index configuration
Metastore configuration
Source configuration
Port configuration
Data Ingestion
Ingestion API
Local file ingestion
Kafka integration
Pulsar integration
Kinesis integration
S3 with SQS notifications
Log Management
Managing logs with Quickwit
Sending logs
From OTEL collector
From OTEL collector for Kubernetes logs
From Vector
From Fluentbit
From Docker containers
Supported agents
OTEL service integration
Distributed Tracing
Using Quickwit for distributed tracing
Integrating Quickwit with Jaeger
Sending trace data via OTEL collector
Deployment
Deployment modes
Kubernetes deployment
Helm installation
Google GKE installation
Glasskube installation
Cluster sizing considerations
Operating Quickwit
Data directory management
Monitoring with Grafana
AWS cost‑optimization tips
Guides
Strict mode vs schemaless mode
Storage settings (e.g., AWS S3)
AWS cluster configuration
Implementing full‑text search on ClickHouse
References
REST API documentation
Elasticsearch‑compatible API
Aggregation API
Query language reference
Command‑line options
Metrics exposition
Telemetry
Details on telemetry collection and exposure are provided to help monitor Quickwit performance and health.
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