diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 545ee8110c8c..3a4401cc7b1d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Add resource ID filtering in fetch `augment-vis` obj queries ([#4608](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4608))
 - Reduce the amount of comments in compiled CSS ([#4648](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4648))
 - [Saved Object Service] Customize saved objects service status ([#4696](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4696))
+- Remove minimum constraint on opensearch hosts to allow empty host ([#4701](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4701))
 - [Discover] Update styles to compatible with OUI `next` theme ([#4644](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4644))
 - Remove visualization editor sidebar background ([#4719](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4719))
 - [Vis Colors] Remove customized colors from sample visualizations and dashboards ([#4741](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4741))
diff --git a/src/core/server/opensearch/client/cluster_client.ts b/src/core/server/opensearch/client/cluster_client.ts
index b29eea89d4db..ac2348921658 100644
--- a/src/core/server/opensearch/client/cluster_client.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/opensearch/client/cluster_client.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class ClusterClient implements ICustomClusterClient {
       return;
     }
     this.isClosed = true;
-    await Promise.all([this.asInternalUser.close(), this.rootScopedClient.close()]);
+    await Promise.all([this.asInternalUser.close(noop), this.rootScopedClient.close(noop)]);
   }
 
   private getScopedHeaders(request: ScopeableRequest): Headers {
diff --git a/src/core/server/opensearch/opensearch_config.ts b/src/core/server/opensearch/opensearch_config.ts
index fee26c354fbe..7ef3a7665a97 100644
--- a/src/core/server/opensearch/opensearch_config.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/opensearch/opensearch_config.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const configSchema = schema.object({
     defaultValue: false,
   }),
   sniffOnConnectionFault: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
-  hosts: schema.oneOf([hostURISchema, schema.arrayOf(hostURISchema, { minSize: 1 })], {
+  hosts: schema.oneOf([hostURISchema, schema.arrayOf(hostURISchema)], {
     defaultValue: 'http://localhost:9200',
   }),
   username: schema.maybe(
diff --git a/src/core/server/opensearch/opensearch_service.ts b/src/core/server/opensearch/opensearch_service.ts
index 87a2da974ba1..bab3e7ede9f3 100644
--- a/src/core/server/opensearch/opensearch_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/opensearch/opensearch_service.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { Observable, Subject } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable, Subject, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { first, map, shareReplay, takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { merge } from '@osd/std';
 
@@ -91,14 +91,26 @@ export class OpenSearchService
     this.legacyClient = this.createLegacyClusterClient('data', config);
     this.client = this.createClusterClient('data', config);
 
-    const opensearchNodesCompatibility$ = pollOpenSearchNodesVersion({
-      internalClient: this.client.asInternalUser,
-      optimizedHealthcheck: config.optimizedHealthcheck,
-      log: this.log,
-      ignoreVersionMismatch: config.ignoreVersionMismatch,
-      opensearchVersionCheckInterval: config.healthCheckDelay.asMilliseconds(),
-      opensearchDashboardsVersion: this.opensearchDashboardsVersion,
-    }).pipe(takeUntil(this.stop$), shareReplay({ refCount: true, bufferSize: 1 }));
+    let opensearchNodesCompatibility$;
+    if (config.hosts.length > 0) {
+      opensearchNodesCompatibility$ = pollOpenSearchNodesVersion({
+        internalClient: this.client.asInternalUser,
+        optimizedHealthcheck: config.optimizedHealthcheck,
+        log: this.log,
+        ignoreVersionMismatch: config.ignoreVersionMismatch,
+        opensearchVersionCheckInterval: config.healthCheckDelay.asMilliseconds(),
+        opensearchDashboardsVersion: this.opensearchDashboardsVersion,
+      }).pipe(takeUntil(this.stop$), shareReplay({ refCount: true, bufferSize: 1 }));
+    } else {
+      this.log.debug(`Opensearch is not configured.`);
+      opensearchNodesCompatibility$ = of({
+        isCompatible: true,
+        message: 'Opensearch is not configured',
+        incompatibleNodes: [],
+        warningNodes: [],
+        opensearchDashboardsVersion: this.opensearchDashboardsVersion,
+      });
+    }
 
     this.createLegacyCustomClient = (type, clientConfig = {}) => {
       const finalConfig = merge({}, config, clientConfig);
diff --git a/src/core/server/opensearch/status.ts b/src/core/server/opensearch/status.ts
index 6b5d2741b405..1a0be8d593b1 100644
--- a/src/core/server/opensearch/status.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/opensearch/status.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const calculateStatus$ = (
 
           return {
             level: ServiceStatusLevels.available,
-            summary: `OpenSearch is available`,
+            summary: message ?? `OpenSearch is available`,
             meta: {
               warningNodes: [],
               incompatibleNodes: [],