diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/00-patch-ns.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/00-patch-ns.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4f91fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/00-patch-ns.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# see https://github.com/stackabletech/issues/issues/566
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: |
+      kubectl patch namespace $NAMESPACE --patch='
+        {
+          "metadata": {
+            "labels": {
+              "pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce": "privileged"
+            }
+          }
+        }'
+    timeout: 120
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/01-rbac.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/01-rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64eced8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/01-rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: test-service-account
+---
+kind: Role
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: test-role
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - security.openshift.io
+    resources:
+      - securitycontextconstraints
+    resourceNames:
+      - privileged
+    verbs:
+      - use
+---
+kind: RoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: test-role-binding
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: test-service-account
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: test-role
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/02-assert.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/02-assert.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50b1d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/02-assert.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+{% if lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') %}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: vector-aggregator-discovery
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/02-install-vector-aggregator-discovery-config-map.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/02-install-vector-aggregator-discovery-config-map.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d6a0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/02-install-vector-aggregator-discovery-config-map.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% if lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') %}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: vector-aggregator-discovery
+data:
+  ADDRESS: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') }}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/10-assert.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/10-assert.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06c64a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/10-assert.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 600
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: opensearch-nodes-default
+status:
+  readyReplicas: 1
+  replicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/10-install-opensearch.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/10-install-opensearch.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d0871a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/10-install-opensearch.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+---
+apiVersion: opensearch.stackable.tech/v1alpha1
+kind: OpenSearchCluster
+metadata:
+  name: opensearch
+spec:
+  image:
+{% if test_scenario['values']['opensearch'].find(",") > 0 %}
+    custom: "{{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch'].split(',')[1] }}"
+    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch'].split(',')[0] }}"
+{% else %}
+    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch'] }}"
+{% endif %}
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+{% if lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') %}
+  clusterConfig:
+    vectorAggregatorConfigMapName: vector-aggregator-discovery
+{% endif %}
+  nodes:
+    config:
+      logging:
+        enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
+    roleGroups:
+      default:
+        config:
+          listenerClass: external-stable
+        replicas: 1
+        podOverrides:
+          spec:
+            volumes:
+              - name: tls
+                ephemeral:
+                  volumeClaimTemplate:
+                    metadata:
+                      annotations:
+                        secrets.stackable.tech/scope: node,pod,service=opensearch,service=opensearch-nodes-default-headless
+    envOverrides:
+      # Only required for the official image
+      # The official image (built with https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build)
+      # installs a demo configuration if not disabled explicitly.
+      DISABLE_INSTALL_DEMO_CONFIG: "true"
+      OPENSEARCH_HOME: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}
+    configOverrides:
+      opensearch.yml:
+        # Disable memory mapping in this test; If memory mapping were activated, the kernel setting
+        # vm.max_map_count would have to be increased to 262144 on the node.
+        node.store.allow_mmap: "false"
+        # Disable the disk allocation decider in this test; Otherwise the test depends on the disk
+        # usage of the node and if the relative watermark set in
+        # `cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high` is reached then the security index could
+        # not be created even if enough disk space would be available.
+        cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled: "false"
+        plugins.security.allow_default_init_securityindex: "true"
+        plugins.security.ssl.transport.enabled: "true"
+        plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemcert_filepath: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}/config/tls/tls.crt
+        plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemkey_filepath: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}/config/tls/tls.key
+        plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemtrustedcas_filepath: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}/config/tls/ca.crt
+        plugins.security.ssl.http.enabled: "true"
+        plugins.security.ssl.http.pemcert_filepath: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}/config/tls/tls.crt
+        plugins.security.ssl.http.pemkey_filepath: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}/config/tls/tls.key
+        plugins.security.ssl.http.pemtrustedcas_filepath: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}/config/tls/ca.crt
+    podOverrides:
+      spec:
+        containers:
+          - name: opensearch
+            volumeMounts:
+              - name: security-config
+                mountPath: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}/config/opensearch-security
+                readOnly: true
+              - name: tls
+                mountPath: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch_home'] }}/config/tls
+                readOnly: true
+        volumes:
+          - name: security-config
+            secret:
+              secretName: opensearch-security-config
+          - name: tls
+            ephemeral:
+              volumeClaimTemplate:
+                metadata:
+                  annotations:
+                    secrets.stackable.tech/class: tls
+                spec:
+                  storageClassName: secrets.stackable.tech
+                  accessModes:
+                    - ReadWriteOnce
+                  resources:
+                    requests:
+                      storage: "1"
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: opensearch-credentials
+data:
+  admin: QUpWRnNHSkJicFQ2bUNobg==               # AJVFsGJBbpT6mChn
+  kibanaserver: RTRrRU51RW1rcUgzanlIQw==        # E4kENuEmkqH3jyHC
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: opensearch-security-config
+stringData:
+  action_groups.yml: |
+    ---
+    _meta:
+      type: actiongroups
+      config_version: 2
+  allowlist.yml: |
+    ---
+    _meta:
+      type: allowlist
+      config_version: 2
+
+    config:
+      enabled: false
+  audit.yml: |
+    ---
+    _meta:
+      type: audit
+      config_version: 2
+
+    config:
+      enabled: false
+  config.yml: |
+    ---
+    _meta:
+      type: config
+      config_version: 2
+
+    config:
+      dynamic:
+        authc:
+          basic_internal_auth_domain:
+            description: Authenticate via HTTP Basic against internal users database
+            http_enabled: true
+            transport_enabled: true
+            order: 1
+            http_authenticator:
+              type: basic
+              challenge: true
+            authentication_backend:
+              type: intern
+        authz: {}
+  internal_users.yml: |
+    ---
+    # The hash value is a bcrypt hash and can be generated with plugin/tools/hash.sh
+
+    _meta:
+      type: internalusers
+      config_version: 2
+
+    admin:
+      hash: $2y$10$xRtHZFJ9QhG9GcYhRpAGpufCZYsk//nxsuel5URh0GWEBgmiI4Q/e
+      reserved: true
+      backend_roles:
+        - admin
+      description: OpenSearch admin user
+
+    kibanaserver:
+      hash: $2y$10$vPgQ/6ilKDM5utawBqxoR.7euhVQ0qeGl8mPTeKhmFT475WUDrfQS
+      reserved: true
+      description: OpenSearch Dashboards user
+  nodes_dn.yml: |
+    ---
+    _meta:
+      type: nodesdn
+      config_version: 2
+  roles.yml: |
+    ---
+    _meta:
+      type: roles
+      config_version: 2
+  roles_mapping.yml: |
+    ---
+    _meta:
+      type: rolesmapping
+      config_version: 2
+
+    all_access:
+      reserved: false
+      backend_roles:
+        - admin
+
+    kibana_server:
+      reserved: true
+      users:
+        - kibanaserver
+  tenants.yml: |
+    ---
+    _meta:
+      type: tenants
+      config_version: 2
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..becb010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 600
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: opensearch-dashboards
+status:
+  readyReplicas: 1
+  replicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20-install-opensearch-dashboards.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20-install-opensearch-dashboards.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14dc539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20-install-opensearch-dashboards.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: >
+      helm install opensearch-dashboards opensearch-dashboards
+      --repo https://opensearch-project.github.io/helm-charts
+      --version "{{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch'].split(',')[0] }}"
+      --values 20_opensearch-dashboards-values.yaml
+      --set opensearchHosts=https://opensearch.$NAMESPACE.svc.cluster.local:9200
+      --namespace $NAMESPACE
+      --wait
+    timeout: 600
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20_opensearch-dashboards-values.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20_opensearch-dashboards-values.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1caea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20_opensearch-dashboards-values.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+image:
+  repository: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/opensearch-dashboards
+  tag: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch'].split(',')[0] }}-stackable0.0.0-dev
+service:
+  type: NodePort
+serviceAccount:
+  create: false
+  # Use the ServiceAccount of OpenSearch because its permissions are already configured to work on
+  # OpenShift.
+  name: opensearch-serviceaccount
+extraEnvs:
+  - name: OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: opensearch-credentials
+        key: kibanaserver
+config:
+  opensearch_dashboards.yml:
+    opensearch:
+      username: kibanaserver
+      requestHeadersWhitelist:
+        - authorization
+        - securitytenant
+      ssl:
+        verificationMode: full
+        certificateAuthorities: [/stackable/opensearch-dashboards/config/tls/ca.crt]
+    opensearch_security:
+      multitenancy:
+        enabled: true
+        tenants.preferred: [Private, Global]
+      readonly_mode.roles: [kibana_read_only]
+      cookie.secure: false
+extraVolumes:
+  - name: tls
+    ephemeral:
+      volumeClaimTemplate:
+        metadata:
+          annotations:
+            secrets.stackable.tech/class: tls
+        spec:
+          storageClassName: secrets.stackable.tech
+          accessModes:
+            - ReadWriteOnce
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              storage: "1"
+extraVolumeMounts:
+  - name: tls
+    mountPath: /stackable/opensearch-dashboards/config/tls
+  # The Helm chart only adds a volume mount at /usr/share/opensearch-dashboards
+  - mountPath: /stackable/opensearch-dashboards/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
+    name: config
+    subPath: opensearch_dashboards.yml
+podSecurityContext:
+  fsGroup: 1000
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b78e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 600
+---
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: test-opensearch-dashboards
+status:
+  succeeded: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-test-opensearch-dashboards.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-test-opensearch-dashboards.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ced664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-test-opensearch-dashboards.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: test-opensearch-dashboards
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: test-opensearch-dashboards
+          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.2.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
+          command:
+            - python
+          args:
+            - scripts/test.py
+          env:
+            - name: NAMESPACE
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+            - name: OPENSEARCH_USER
+              value: admin
+            - name: OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: opensearch-credentials
+                  key: admin
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: script
+              mountPath: /stackable/scripts
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              drop:
+                - ALL
+            runAsNonRoot: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: 128Mi
+              cpu: 100m
+            limits:
+              memory: 128Mi
+              cpu: 400m
+      volumes:
+        - name: script
+          configMap:
+            name: test-opensearch-dashboards
+      serviceAccountName: test-service-account
+      securityContext:
+        fsGroup: 1000
+      restartPolicy: OnFailure
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: test-opensearch-dashboards
+data:
+  test.py: |
+    import logging
+    import os
+    import requests
+    import sys
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level="DEBUG", format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s", stream=sys.stdout
+    )
+
+    namespace = os.environ["NAMESPACE"]
+    opensearch_user = os.environ["OPENSEARCH_USER"]
+    opensearch_password = os.environ["OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD"]
+    opensearch_dashboards_service = "http://opensearch-dashboards:5601"
+
+    session = requests.Session()
+    session.headers.update({"osd-xsrf": "true"})
+
+    login_page = session.post(
+        f"{opensearch_dashboards_service}/auth/login",
+        data={"username": opensearch_user, "password": opensearch_password},
+    )
+    assert login_page.ok, "Failed to login to OpenSearch Dashboards"
+
+    api_status = session.get(f"{opensearch_dashboards_service}/api/status")
+    assert api_status.ok, "Failed to get API status"
+
+    opensearch_version = api_status.json()["version"]["number"]
+
+    assert api_status.json()["status"]["overall"]["state"] == "green", (
+        "Overall state of OpenSearch Dashboards is not green"
+    )
+
+    # Check if all expected plugins are present and working
+    expected_plugins = [
+        "alertingDashboards",
+        "anomalyDetectionDashboards",
+        "assistantDashboards",
+        "customImportMapDashboards",
+        "flowFrameworkDashboards",
+        "indexManagementDashboards",
+        "mlCommonsDashboards",
+        "notificationsDashboards",
+        "observabilityDashboards",
+        "queryInsightsDashboards",
+        "queryWorkbenchDashboards",
+        "reportsDashboards",
+        "searchRelevanceDashboards",
+        "securityAnalyticsDashboards",
+        "securityDashboards",
+    ]
+
+    states = {}
+    for status in api_status.json()["status"]["statuses"]:
+        states[
+            status["id"].removeprefix("plugin:").removesuffix(f"@{opensearch_version}")
+        ] = status["state"] == "green"
+    for plugin in expected_plugins:
+        assert plugin in states and states[plugin], (
+            f"Expected plugin {plugin} not present or working."
+        )
+
+    # Load Sample Data (web logs & flights)
+    sample_web_logs = session.post(f"{opensearch_dashboards_service}/api/sample_data/logs")
+    assert sample_web_logs.ok, "Failed to create sample data (logs)"
+
+    sample_flights = session.post(
+        f"{opensearch_dashboards_service}/api/sample_data/flights"
+    )
+    assert sample_flights.ok, "Failed to create sample data (flights)"
+
+    # Check that the indices were created
+    indices = session.get(
+        f"{opensearch_dashboards_service}/api/saved_objects/_find?fields=title&per_page=10000&type=index-pattern"
+    )
+    assert indices.ok, "Failed to get indices"
+
+    logs_index = indices.json()["saved_objects"][0]
+    assert logs_index["attributes"]["title"] == "opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_logs", (
+        "First index should be sample logs"
+    )
+
+    flights_index = indices.json()["saved_objects"][1]
+    assert (
+        flights_index["attributes"]["title"] == "opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_flights"
+    ), "Second index should be sample flights"
diff --git a/tests/test-definition.yaml b/tests/test-definition.yaml
index 6e18a83..de7d2b3 100644
--- a/tests/test-definition.yaml
+++ b/tests/test-definition.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ tests:
   - name: logging
     dimensions:
       - opensearch
+  - name: opensearch-dashboards
+    dimensions:
+      - opensearch
+      - opensearch_home
 suites:
   - name: nightly
     patch:
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ suites:
   - name: smoke-latest
     select:
       - smoke
+      - opensearch-dashboards
     patch:
       - dimensions:
           - expr: last
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ suites:
       - smoke
       - external-access
       - ldap
+      - opensearch-dashboards
     patch:
       - dimensions:
           - name: opensearch