# Elasticsearch stopped due to (code = kill, signal = kill)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-due-to-code-kill-signal-kill/250622
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 1, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-due-to-code-kill-signal-kill/250622 "2020-10-01T08:37:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@sai92](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sai92)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-due-to-code-kill-signal-kill/250622/1 "2020-10-01T08:37:27Z")
Hi,
I use elasticsearch to store data from different IoT sensors and it was working good but elasticsearch stopped and when i check the log it show me like this can you please say which thing caused this error.
elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: signal) since Thu 2020-10-01 01:07:23 CEST; 8h ago
Docs: [https://www.elastic.co](https://www.elastic.co)
Process: 4311 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/systemd-entrypoint -p ${PID\_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=killed, signal=KILL)
Main PID: 4311 (code=killed, signal=KILL)
thank you in advance for your reply
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-due-to-code-kill-signal-kill/250622/2 "2020-10-01T08:48:49Z")
Can you check the actual Elasticsearch logs?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-due-to-code-kill-signal-kill/250622/3 "2020-10-29T08:48:58Z")
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