diff --git a/.github/draft-release-notes-config.yml b/.github/draft-release-notes-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d168727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/draft-release-notes-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# The overall template of the release notes
+template: |
+  Compatible with OpenSearch (**set version here**).
+  $CHANGES
+
+# Setting the formatting and sorting for the release notes body
+name-template: Version (set version here)
+change-template: '* $TITLE (#$NUMBER)'
+sort-by: merged_at
+sort-direction: ascending
+replacers:
+  - search: '##'
+    replace: '###'
+
+# Organizing the tagged PRs into categories
+categories:
+  - title: 'Breaking Changes'
+    labels:
+      - 'Breaking Changes'
+  - title: 'Features'
+    labels:
+      - 'Features'
+  - title: 'Enhancements'
+    labels:
+      - 'Enhancements'
+  - title: 'Bug Fixes'
+    labels:
+      - 'Bug Fixes'
+  - title: 'Infrastructure'
+    labels:
+      - 'Infrastructure'
+  - title: 'Documentation'
+    labels:
+      - 'Documentation'
+  - title: 'Maintenance'
+    labels:
+      - 'Maintenance'
+  - title: 'Refactoring'
+    labels:
+      - 'Refactoring'
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release-notes-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-release-notes-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b3d89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release-notes-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    name: Update draft release notes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Update draft release notes
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        with:
+          config-name: draft-release-notes-config.yml
+          name: Version (set here)
+          tag: (None)
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 865bc1e..17f1aec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ vendor/
 /lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/templates/ecs-v*
 *.iml
 /.idea/
+/dockerfiles/bin/
+/dockerfiles/.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fda8bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+#
+# Modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+# GitHub history for details.
+
+
+# Build arguments:
+#   VERSION: Optional. Specify the label for image. Defaults to 7.13.2
+
+ARG VERSION
+ARG ARCH
+FROM docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash-oss:${VERSION}-${ARCH}
+USER logstash
+COPY --chown=logstash:logstash dockerfiles/bin/logstash-output-opensearch-*.gem /tmp/logstash-output-opensearch.gem
+COPY --chown=logstash:logstash dockerfiles/logstash-opensearch-sample.conf /usr/share/logstash/config/
+RUN /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash-plugin install /tmp/logstash-output-opensearch.gem
diff --git a/dockerfiles/build.sh b/dockerfiles/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e425d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+#
+# Modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+# GitHub history for details.
+
+# This is intended to be run the plugin's root directory. `dockerfiles/build.sh`
+# Ensure you have Docker installed locally and set the VERSION and BUILD_DATE environment variable.
+set -e
+
+if [ -d dockerfiles/bin ]; then
+  rm -rf dockerfiles/bin
+fi
+
+mkdir -p dockerfiles/bin
+
+echo 'Building plugin'
+gem build logstash-output-opensearch.gemspec
+
+echo "Moving gem to bin directory"
+mv logstash-output-opensearch*.gem dockerfiles/bin/
diff --git a/dockerfiles/docker-compose.yml b/dockerfiles/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc536a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+#
+# Modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+# GitHub history for details.
+
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+
+  logstash:
+    container_name: logstash-oss-${VERSION}${SUFFIX}
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: dockerfiles/Dockerfile
+      args:
+        - VERSION=${LOGSTASH_VERSION:-7.13.2}
+        - ARCH=${ARCH}
+    image: "logstash-oss-with-opensearch-output-plugin:${VERSION}${SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/dockerfiles/logstash-opensearch-sample.conf b/dockerfiles/logstash-opensearch-sample.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fefca66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/logstash-opensearch-sample.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Sample Logstash configuration for creating a simple
+# Beats -> Logstash -> OpenSearch pipeline.
+
+input {
+  beats {
+    port => 5044
+  }
+}
+
+output {
+  opensearch {
+    hosts => ["http://localhost:9200"]
+    index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
+    #user => "admin"
+    #password => "admin"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/run.sh b/dockerfiles/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a06527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+#
+# Modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+# GitHub history for details.
+
+# This is intended to be run the plugin's root directory. `dockerfiles/run.sh`
+# Ensure you have Docker and docker-compose installed locally
+set -e
+
+# Building plugin
+./dockerfiles/build.sh
+
+# Identify Logstash version
+version=${LOGSTASH_VERSION}
+if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+  version=7.13.2
+fi
+echo "VERSION=$version" > dockerfiles/.env
+
+# Identify Architecture
+arch=`uname -m`
+suffix=''
+if [ $arch == 'arm64' ]; then
+  suffix='-arm64'
+elif [ $arch == 'x86_64' ]; then
+  arch='amd64'
+  suffix='-x64'
+else
+  echo "Unknown Architecture. Only amd64 and arm64 is supported"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "ARCH=$arch" >> dockerfiles/.env
+echo "SUFFIX=$suffix" >> dockerfiles/.env
+
+echo 'shutdown existing docker cluster'
+docker-compose  --file dockerfiles/docker-compose.yml down
+
+echo 'remove previous image to avoid conflict'
+docker image rmi -f "logstash-oss-with-opensearch-output-plugin:$version$suffix"
+
+echo 'build new docker image with latest changes'
+docker-compose  --file dockerfiles/docker-compose.yml build
+
+#echo 'start docker cluster'
+#docker-compose --file dockerfiles/docker-compose.yml up
+
+# steps to publish image to registry
+# docker push ${DOCKER_NAMESPACE}/"logstash-oss-with-opensearch-output-plugin:$version$suffix"
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/opensearch/http_client/pool.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/opensearch/http_client/pool.rb
index cb16a21..dc180b9 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/opensearch/http_client/pool.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/opensearch/http_client/pool.rb
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def set_last_version(version, url)
 
       major = major_version(version)
       if @maximum_seen_major_version.nil?
-        @logger.info("OpenSearch version determined (#{version})", version: major)
+        @logger.info("Cluster version determined (#{version})", version: major)
         set_maximum_seen_major_version(major)
       elsif major > @maximum_seen_major_version
         warn_on_higher_major_version(major, url)
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ def set_last_version(version, url)
     end
 
     def set_maximum_seen_major_version(major)
-      @logger.warn("the `type` event field won't be used to determine the document _type")
       @maximum_seen_major_version = major
     end
 
diff --git a/logstash-output-opensearch.gemspec b/logstash-output-opensearch.gemspec
index deaf439..167a949 100644
--- a/logstash-output-opensearch.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-opensearch.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.test_files = s.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
 
   # Special flag to let us know this is actually a logstash plugin
-  s.metadata = { "logstash_plugin" => "true", "logstash_group" => "output" }
+  s.metadata = {
+    "logstash_plugin" => "true",
+    "logstash_group" => "output",
+    "source_code_uri" => "https://github.com/opensearch-project/logstash-output-opensearch"
+  }
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency "manticore", '>= 0.5.4', '< 1.0.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'stud', ['>= 0.0.17', '~> 0.0']