# Configure elastic as a service **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 2, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593 "2019-01-02T06:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ram1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@Ram1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593/1 "2019-01-02T06:09:55Z")
Hi, Wanted to know if elasticsearch/logstash/kibana is not configued as a service,What changes has to be done to configure it as a service. I get the below errors if try to use systemctl/service command. systemctl staus elasticsearch/logstash/kibana systemctl command not found service elasticsearch/logstash/kibana status elasticsearch: unrecognized service I dont see any elasticsearch executable file in /etc/init.d directory. There is no systemctl file in /bin directory. To stop elasticsearch service we are killing the elasticsearch service and to to check the status of elasticsearch we need to check if the process is running. to stop Kill -i to check the status ps -ef|grep -i elasticsearch OS:ubuntu 14.04 Please suggest what changes has to be made to configure it as a service. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593/2 "2019-01-02T06:11:26Z")
How did you install things, DEB/RPM? ---
**Author:** ![Ram1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@Ram1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593/3 "2019-01-02T06:59:36Z")
I believe it was done through Debian package(since it is installed on ubuntu).It was setup by different team. Please suggest if there is anyway to check the same. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593/4 "2019-01-02T07:19:19Z")
`dpkg -l|grep elasticsearch` should tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Ram1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@Ram1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593/5 "2019-01-02T08:31:12Z")
I don't get any output after executing the command. dpkg -l | grep -i elasticsearch dpkg -l | grep elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![Ram1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@Ram1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram1)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593/6 "2019-01-03T14:08:24Z")
Can anyone please help me on this. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593/7 "2019-01-03T19:43:30Z")
Looks like it wasn't installed as a service then, so you will either need to build a service file or copy it from somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elastic-as-a-service/162593/8 "2019-01-31T19:43:35Z")
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