Create index atbd if not exists on opensearch client setup

[thenav56]

Related to

• Document search is not working anymore #500

Alternative option

Run this on app startup

diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index d341927..63f8e87 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -37,3 +37,15 @@ app.include_router(api_router, prefix=config.API_VERSION_STRING)
 def ping():
     """Health check."""
     return {"ping": "pong!"}
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+def create_search_indices():
+    """Create index in opensearch if not exists already."""
+    from app.search.opensearch import (
+        aws_auth,
+        create_search_indices as o_create_search_indices,
+    )
+
+    opensearch_client = aws_auth()
+    o_create_search_indices(opensearch_client)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index afcfcbf..ff0fe32 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ services:
       PDF_PREVIEW_HOST: http://ui:9000
     depends_on:
       - bootstrapper
+      - opensearch
 
   worker:
     build:

Why not used in this PR: Adding this change will need opensearch to be always running in development and opensearch container is a bit heavy compared to others on resource usage.

[sunu]

Thanks so much for the fix @thenav56! I think it's a bit unconventional in terms of placement (i.e. I wouldn't normally expect that calling a function named aws_auth will create a search index for me) but I wouldn't consider it a blocker.

I would suggest that once we figure out a way to implement #452, we should move the es index creation to that mechanism so that postgres migrations and es index creation runs through the same mechanism allowing the index to be created during deployment instead of at runtime