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‎docs/reference/setup.asciidoc

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==== Running Elasticsearch with SysV `init`
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Use the `update-rc.d` command to configure Elasticsearch to start automatically
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when the system boots up:
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[source,sh]
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sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10
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Elasticsearch can be started and stopped using the `service` command:
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[source,sh]
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sudo -i service elasticsearch start
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sudo -i service elasticsearch stop
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If Elasticsearch fails to start for any reason, it will print the reason for
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failure to STDOUT. Log files can be found in `/var/log/elasticsearch/`.

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==== SysV `init` vs `systemd`
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[[deb-running-init]]
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==== Running Elasticsearch with SysV `init`
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Use the `update-rc.d` command to configure Elasticsearch to start automatically
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when the system boots up:
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[source,sh]
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sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10
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Elasticsearch can be started and stopped using the `service` command:
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[source,sh]
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sudo -i service elasticsearch start
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sudo -i service elasticsearch stop
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If Elasticsearch fails to start for any reason, it will print the reason for
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failure to STDOUT. Log files can be found in `/var/log/elasticsearch/`.
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==== SysV `init` vs `systemd`
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Elasticsearch is not started automatically after installation. How to start
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and stop Elasticsearch depends on whether your system uses SysV `init` or
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`systemd` (used by newer distributions). You can tell which is being used by

‎docs/reference/setup/install/msi-windows-start.asciidoc

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==== Running Elasticsearch from the command line
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Once installed, Elasticsearch can be started from the command line, if not installed as a service
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and configured to start when installation completes, as follows:
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["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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.\bin\elasticsearch.exe
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The command line terminal will display output similar to the following:
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image::images/msi_installer/elasticsearch_exe.png[]
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By default, Elasticsearch runs in the foreground, prints its logs to `STDOUT` in addition
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to the `<cluster name>.log` file within `LOGSDIRECTORY`, and can be stopped by pressing `Ctrl-C`.

‎docs/reference/setup/install/rpm-init.asciidoc

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==== Running Elasticsearch with SysV `init`
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Use the `chkconfig` command to configure Elasticsearch to start automatically
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when the system boots up:
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[source,sh]
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sudo chkconfig --add elasticsearch
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Elasticsearch can be started and stopped using the `service` command:
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[source,sh]
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sudo -i service elasticsearch start
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sudo -i service elasticsearch stop
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If Elasticsearch fails to start for any reason, it will print the reason for
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failure to STDOUT. Log files can be found in `/var/log/elasticsearch/`.

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==== Running Elasticsearch with SysV `init`
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sudo chkconfig --add elasticsearch
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[[msi-installer-command-line-running]]
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==== Running Elasticsearch from the command line
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to the `<cluster name>.log` file within `LOGSDIRECTORY`, and can be stopped by pressing `Ctrl-C`.
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==== Configuring Elasticsearch on the command line

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==== Running as a daemon
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the process ID in a file using the `-p` option:
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./bin/elasticsearch -d -p pid
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Log messages can be found in the `$ES_HOME/logs/` directory.
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kill `cat pid`
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NOTE: The startup scripts provided in the <<rpm,RPM>> and <<deb,Debian>>
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packages take care of starting and stopping the Elasticsearch process for you.

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==== Running Elasticsearch from the command line
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By default, Elasticsearch runs in the foreground, prints its logs to the
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standard output (`stdout`), and can be stopped by pressing `Ctrl-C`.
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NOTE: All scripts packaged with Elasticsearch require a version of Bash
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== Starting Elasticsearch
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