# Determining the running version

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/determining-the-running-version/3388>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 30, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/determining-the-running-version/3388 "2010-09-30T05:15:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Andrei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrei/32/2856_2.png) [@Andrei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrei)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/determining-the-running-version/3388/1 "2010-09-30T05:15:43Z")

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Is there a way to determine what version of ES is currently running on  
a node, via log or REST API?

–Andrei

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/determining-the-running-version/3388/2 "2010-09-30T05:46:44Z")

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Yea, just hit "/" with a REST GET request.

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Andrei [andrei@zmievski.org](mailto:andrei@zmievski.org) wrote:

> Is there a way to determine what version of ES is currently running on  
> a node, via log or REST API?
> 
> –Andrei

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**Author:** ![Kenneth\_Loafman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kenneth_loafman/32/2224_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Loafman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kenneth_Loafman)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/determining-the-running-version/3388/3 "2010-09-30T13:19:04Z")

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Ahhh, another fan of Hitchhiker's Guide.

Shay Banon wrote:

> Yea, just hit "/" with a REST GET request.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Andrei \<[andrei@zmievski.org](mailto:andrei@zmievski.org)  
> [mailto:andrei@zmievski.org](mailto:andrei@zmievski.org)\> wrote:
> 
> ```
> Is there a way to determine what version of ES is currently running on
> a node, via log or REST API?
> 
> –Andrei
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/determining-the-running-version/3388/4 "2017-07-06T04:18:39Z")

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