diff --git a/deployment/cdk/opensearch-service-migration/dp_pipeline_template.yaml b/deployment/cdk/opensearch-service-migration/dp_pipeline_template.yaml
index 9baec2325c..646ee2dc98 100644
--- a/deployment/cdk/opensearch-service-migration/dp_pipeline_template.yaml
+++ b/deployment/cdk/opensearch-service-migration/dp_pipeline_template.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,36 @@
+# Name of the Data Prepper pipeline
 historical-data-migration:
+  # Source cluster configuration
   source:
     opensearch:
+      # DO NOT CHANGE the hosts value - this will be updated by the CDK
       hosts:
       - <SOURCE_CLUSTER_HOST>
+      # Uncomment the following line to disable TLS
+      #insecure: true
+      # Example configuration on how to disable authentication (default: false)
       disable_authentication: true
       indices:
+        # Indices to exclude - exclude system indices by default
         exclude:
         - index_name_regex: \.*
+  # Target cluster configuration
   sink:
   - opensearch:
-      bulk_size: 10
+      # DO NOT CHANGE the hosts value - this will be updated by the CDK
+      # But adjust the protocol (http or https) as appropriate
       hosts:
       - https://<TARGET_CLUSTER_HOST>
+      # Derive index name from record metadata
       index: ${getMetadata("opensearch-index")}
+      # Use the same document ID as the source cluster document
       document_id: ${getMetadata("opensearch-document_id")}
+      # Example configuration for basic auth
       username: user
       password: pass
+      #disable_authentication: true
+  # Additional pipeline options/optimizations
+  # For maximum throughput, match workers to number of vCPUs (default: 1)
+  workers: 1
+  # delay is how often the worker threads should process data (default: 3000 ms)
+  delay: 0
diff --git a/deployment/cdk/opensearch-service-migration/lib/fetch-migration-stack.ts b/deployment/cdk/opensearch-service-migration/lib/fetch-migration-stack.ts
index 8a18e6a879..824cdc44a9 100644
--- a/deployment/cdk/opensearch-service-migration/lib/fetch-migration-stack.ts
+++ b/deployment/cdk/opensearch-service-migration/lib/fetch-migration-stack.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class FetchMigrationStack extends Stack {
         super(scope, id, props);
 
         // Import required values
-        const targetClusterEndpoint = StringParameter.valueForStringParameter(this, `/migration/${props.stage}/${props.defaultDeployId}/osClusterEndpoint`)
+        const targetClusterEndpoint = StringParameter.valueFromLookup(this, `/migration/${props.stage}/${props.defaultDeployId}/osClusterEndpoint`)
         const domainAccessGroupId = StringParameter.valueForStringParameter(this, `/migration/${props.stage}/${props.defaultDeployId}/osAccessSecurityGroupId`)
         // This SG allows outbound access for ECR access as well as communication with other services in the cluster
         const serviceConnectGroupId = StringParameter.valueForStringParameter(this, `/migration/${props.stage}/${props.defaultDeployId}/serviceConnectSecurityGroupId`)
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ export class FetchMigrationStack extends Stack {
 
         // ECS Task Definition
         const fetchMigrationFargateTask = new FargateTaskDefinition(this, "fetchMigrationFargateTask", {
-            memoryLimitMiB: 2048,
-            cpu: 512
+            memoryLimitMiB: 4096,
+            cpu: 1024
         });
 
         new StringParameter(this, 'SSMParameterFetchMigrationTaskDefArn', {