diff --git a/notifications/notifications/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/notifications/NotificationPlugin.kt b/notifications/notifications/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/notifications/NotificationPlugin.kt
index 2ac0ebae..e15aa7d8 100644
--- a/notifications/notifications/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/notifications/NotificationPlugin.kt
+++ b/notifications/notifications/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/notifications/NotificationPlugin.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry
 import org.opensearch.env.Environment
 import org.opensearch.env.NodeEnvironment
+import org.opensearch.indices.SystemIndexDescriptor
 import org.opensearch.notifications.action.CreateNotificationConfigAction
 import org.opensearch.notifications.action.DeleteNotificationConfigAction
 import org.opensearch.notifications.action.GetChannelListAction
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ import org.opensearch.notifications.spi.NotificationCore
 import org.opensearch.notifications.spi.NotificationCoreExtension
 import org.opensearch.plugins.ActionPlugin
 import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin
+import org.opensearch.plugins.SystemIndexPlugin
 import org.opensearch.repositories.RepositoriesService
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestController
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestHandler
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier
  * Entry point of the OpenSearch Notifications plugin
  * This class initializes the rest handlers.
  */
-class NotificationPlugin : ActionPlugin, Plugin(), NotificationCoreExtension {
+class NotificationPlugin : ActionPlugin, Plugin(), NotificationCoreExtension, SystemIndexPlugin {
 
     lateinit var clusterService: ClusterService // initialized in createComponents()
 
@@ -80,6 +82,15 @@ class NotificationPlugin : ActionPlugin, Plugin(), NotificationCoreExtension {
         return PluginSettings.getAllSettings()
     }
 
+    override fun getSystemIndexDescriptors(settings: Settings?): Collection<SystemIndexDescriptor> {
+        return listOf(
+            SystemIndexDescriptor(
+                NotificationConfigIndex.INDEX_NAME,
+                "System index for storing notification channels related configurations."
+            )
+        )
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
diff --git a/notifications/notifications/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/notifications/index/NotificationConfigIndex.kt b/notifications/notifications/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/notifications/index/NotificationConfigIndex.kt
index c166a014..bc63de0e 100644
--- a/notifications/notifications/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/notifications/index/NotificationConfigIndex.kt
+++ b/notifications/notifications/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/notifications/index/NotificationConfigIndex.kt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ internal object NotificationConfigIndex : ConfigOperations {
     const val SCHEMA_VERSION = "schema_version"
 
     private val log by logger(NotificationConfigIndex::class.java)
-    private const val INDEX_NAME = ".opensearch-notifications-config"
+    const val INDEX_NAME = ".opensearch-notifications-config"
     private const val MAPPING_FILE_NAME = "notifications-config-mapping.yml"
     private const val SETTINGS_FILE_NAME = "notifications-config-settings.yml"
 
diff --git a/notifications/notifications/src/main/resources/notifications-config-settings.yml b/notifications/notifications/src/main/resources/notifications-config-settings.yml
index 569523b1..1a2fa70a 100644
--- a/notifications/notifications/src/main/resources/notifications-config-settings.yml
+++ b/notifications/notifications/src/main/resources/notifications-config-settings.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 index:
   number_of_shards: "1" # The data size is not expected to be big so keeping it 1 shard
   auto_expand_replicas: "0-2"
+  hidden: true
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