diff --git a/.env.openSearch.example b/.env.openSearch.example
index 7ca75ee..2e964cb 100644
--- a/.env.openSearch.example
+++ b/.env.openSearch.example
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ OPENSEARCH_HOST=opensearch
 # echo -n '{OPENSEARCH_ADMIN}:{OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD}' | base64
 OPENSEARCH_BASIC_TOKEN=Basic YWRtaW46Qjl3YzlWcnFYN3BZ
 OPENSEARCH_HOSTS='["http://opensearch:9200"]'
+OPENIMIS_ADMIN_PASS='admin123'
diff --git a/compose.base.yml b/compose.base.yml
index 89f97fd..7c837a0 100644
--- a/compose.base.yml
+++ b/compose.base.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
     depends_on:
       migrations:
-        condition: service_completed_successfully   
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
   worker:
     <<: *default-api
     command: worker
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ services:
     deploy:
       mode: replicated
       replicas: ${WORKER_REPLICAS:-3}
+  opensearch-init:
+    <<: *default-api
+    entrypoint: ["/entrypoint-init-opensearch.sh"]
+    command: []
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+      - backend
+      - opensearch
+    volumes:
+      - ./entrypoint-init-opensearch.sh:/entrypoint-init-opensearch.sh:ro
   rabbitmq:
     image: rabbitmq:3-management
     restart: always
diff --git a/entrypoint-init-opensearch.sh b/entrypoint-init-opensearch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f8666b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entrypoint-init-opensearch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+REPO_DIR="/openimis-be/openimis-be-opensearch_reports_py"
+
+if [ ! -d "$REPO_DIR" ]; then
+  echo "Cloning OpenIMIS OpenSearch dashboards config..."
+  git clone --depth 1 --branch develop https://github.com/openimis/openimis-be-opensearch_reports_py.git "$REPO_DIR"
+else
+  echo "OpenSearch reports repo already exists, skipping clone."
+fi
+
+echo "Running dashboard configuration upload..."
+
+cd /openimis-be/openIMIS
+
+exec python3 manage.py upload_opensearch_dashboards --host-domain http://backend:8080 --imis-password "${OPENIMIS_ADMIN_PASS}"