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-limit-range.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/02-limit-range.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1789b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/02-limit-range.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: LimitRange
+metadata:
+  name: limit-request-ratio
+spec:
+  limits:
+    - type: Container
+      maxLimitRequestRatio:
+        cpu: 5
+        memory: 1
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..96e9254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/10-assert.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# All fields are checked that are set by the operator.
+# This helps to detect unintentional changes. It is also a good reference for the output of the
+# operator. The maintenance effort should be okay as long as it is only done in the smoke test.
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 600
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: opensearch-nodes-cluster-manager
+status:
+  readyReplicas: 1
+  replicas: 1
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: opensearch-nodes-data
+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..8851a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/10-install-opensearch.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+---
+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
+  nodes:
+    roleGroups:
+      cluster-manager:
+        config:
+          nodeRoles:
+            - cluster_manager
+          resources:
+            storage:
+              data:
+                capacity: 100Mi
+          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-cluster-manager-headless
+      data:
+        config:
+          nodeRoles:
+            - ingest
+            - data
+            - remote_cluster_client
+          resources:
+            storage:
+              data:
+                capacity: 2Gi
+          listenerClass: cluster-internal
+        replicas: 1
+        podOverrides:
+          spec:
+            volumes:
+              - name: tls
+                ephemeral:
+                  volumeClaimTemplate:
+                    metadata:
+                      annotations:
+                        secrets.stackable.tech/scope: node,pod,service=opensearch-nodes-data-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..3a9f221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20-install-opensearch-dashboards.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+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
+      --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..eb594cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/20_opensearch-dashboards-values.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+opensearchHosts: https://opensearch-nodes-cluster-manager:9200
+image:
+  repository: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/opensearch-dashboards
+  tag: {{ test_scenario['values']['opensearch'].split(',')[0] }}-stackable0.0.0-dev
+service:
+  type: NodePort
+serviceAccount:
+  # The Helm chart appends "-dashboards", so that the actual
+  # ServiceAccount name is "opensearch-dashboards".
+  # see https://github.com/opensearch-project/helm-charts/blob/opensearch-dashboards-2.27.1/charts/opensearch-dashboards/templates/_helpers.tpl#L58
+  name: opensearch
+extraEnvs:
+  - name: OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: opensearch-credentials
+        key: kibanaserver
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-create-configmap.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-create-configmap.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51b0321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/30-create-configmap.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: kubectl create cm test-script -n $NAMESPACE --from-file=test.py
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/31-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/31-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5898777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/31-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+metadata:
+  name: install-test-container
+timeout: 300
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: python
+status:
+  readyReplicas: 1
+  replicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/31-install-test-container.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/31-install-test-container.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ca95e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/31-install-test-container.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: python
+---
+kind: Role
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: python
+{% if test_scenario['values']['openshift'] == 'true' %}
+rules:
+- apiGroups: ["security.openshift.io"]
+  resources: ["securitycontextconstraints"]
+  resourceNames: ["privileged"]
+  verbs: ["use"]
+{% endif %}
+---
+kind: RoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: python
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: python
+roleRef:
+  kind: Role
+  name: python
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+metadata:
+  name: install-test-container
+timeout: 300
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: python
+  labels:
+    app: python
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: python
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: python
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: python
+      containers:
+        - name: osd-test
+          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.2.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
+          stdin: true
+          tty: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "128Mi"
+              cpu: "512m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "128Mi"
+              cpu: "1"
+          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: test-script
+              mountPath: /tmp/test-script
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1
+      volumes:
+        - name: test-script
+          configMap:
+            name: test-script
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/35-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/35-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c33fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/35-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+metadata:
+  name: test
+timeout: 300
+commands:
+  - script: |-
+      sleep 60 # After the OpenSearch Dashboards container has become ready it still takes some time until the application has completely started.
+      kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE python-0 -- python /tmp/test-script/test.py
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/test.py b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d18a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/opensearch-dashboards/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import logging
+import os
+import requests
+import sys
+import urllib3
+
+# disable tls insecure warnings
+urllib3.disable_warnings()
+
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level="INFO", 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 efad126..66560af 100644
--- a/tests/test-definition.yaml
+++ b/tests/test-definition.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ tests:
       - opensearch
       - openshift
       - opensearch_home
+  - name: opensearch-dashboards
+    dimensions:
+      - opensearch
+      - openshift
+      - opensearch_home
 suites:
   - name: nightly
     patch:
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ suites:
   - name: smoke-latest
     select:
       - smoke
+      - opensearch-dashboards
     patch:
       - dimensions:
           - expr: last