# How can i stop filebeat without killing the process?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-stop-filebeat-without-killing-the-process/53560
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [June 21, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-stop-filebeat-without-killing-the-process/53560 "2016-06-21T19:36:48Z")
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### Author: ![dal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@dal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dal)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-stop-filebeat-without-killing-the-process/53560/1 "2016-06-21T19:36:48Z")

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I did an rpm install and ran my filebeat process with `/etc/init.d/filebeat start`. i want to change `filebeat.yml`, so i am trying to stop and restart filebeat. How can I stop filebeat without manually killing the process?

Thanks

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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-stop-filebeat-without-killing-the-process/53560/2 "2016-06-21T19:43:08Z")

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`/etc/init.d/filebeat restart` doesn't work?

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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 12, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-stop-filebeat-without-killing-the-process/53560/3 "2016-07-12T19:37:06Z")

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