# Elasticsearch rpm. kill -3. where is the thread dump info? journalctl doesn't show any thread dump

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rpm-kill-3-where-is-the-thread-dump-info-journalctl-doesnt-show-any-thread-dump/93686
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 19, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rpm-kill-3-where-is-the-thread-dump-info-journalctl-doesnt-show-any-thread-dump/93686 "2017-07-19T04:55:36Z")
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### Author: ![mingqian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mingqian/32/20208_2.png) [@mingqian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mingqian)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rpm-kill-3-where-is-the-thread-dump-info-journalctl-doesnt-show-any-thread-dump/93686/1 "2017-07-19T04:55:36Z")

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Dear All,

I installed ES by rpm package.  
The logs are in /var/log/elasticsearch.  
But for kill -3,  
where is the thread dump?  
not in /var/log/elasticsearch.  
journalctl also doesn't contain any thread dump info.

I didn't change the systemd conf after the elasticsearch rpm installed.

thanks.

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### Author: ![mingqian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mingqian/32/20208_2.png) [@mingqian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mingqian)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rpm-kill-3-where-is-the-thread-dump-info-journalctl-doesnt-show-any-thread-dump/93686/2 "2017-07-19T05:22:01Z")

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Please discard it. I found the answer.

The kill -3 Java thread dump info doesn't show up in journalctl because the RPM default settings run ES as "--quiet".  
It doesn't send any info to journal.  
If you check /usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.serivce, you will find the setting about "--quiet".  
After removing "--quiet", restarting the service. ES sending info to journal.  
journalctl gets the logs. and of course, if kill -3, the thread dump info shows up in journalctl.

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/17220>

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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: [August 16, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rpm-kill-3-where-is-the-thread-dump-info-journalctl-doesnt-show-any-thread-dump/93686/3 "2017-08-16T05:22:03Z")

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