# How to check in which way elasticsearch is running? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 1, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-in-which-way-elasticsearch-is-running/265813 "2021-03-01T14:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gokulnath112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@gokulnath112](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gokulnath112)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-in-which-way-elasticsearch-is-running/265813/1 "2021-03-01T14:04:28Z")
Hi All, Greetings...! Kindly help me with following two questions.. 1.How to check in which mode elastic is running? In my project when I do **Service elasticsearch status** , it shows its failed, but this node is joined to cluster. Please help me to find in which way elasticsearch is running. 2.Also in the same node when i tried to stop elasticsearch using kill command, it starts automatically after 10 seconds. Please help to stop elasticsearch. Note: My elastic version is 7.2.1 and it is running in linux os. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Abdelhalim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Abdelhalim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdelhalim)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-in-which-way-elasticsearch-is-running/265813/2 "2021-03-01T14:43:17Z")
Hello @gokulnath112, 1- You can see your ELasticsearch logs file to find out where it is failing, ( the path to your log file is set in the `elasticsearch.yml`configuration file, always in /var/log/elasticsearch ) 2- You can try to disable it by running: `sudo systemctl disable elasticsearch` and then stop it with `sudo systemctl stop elasticsearch` I think it's gonna work for you Best regards ---
**Author:** ![gokulnath112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@gokulnath112](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gokulnath112)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-in-which-way-elasticsearch-is-running/265813/3 "2021-03-02T08:11:47Z")
> [@Abdelhalim](#): > > with `sudo systemctl stop elasticsearch` I think it's gonna work for you Thanks for your response. 1.No logs are captured. Actually when i do **Service elasticsearch status** it shows its failed, but elastic is running in that node, and joined to cluster. Please help me is there any other ways to run elasticsearch and how to check? 1. I executed the above commands but elastic still starts automatically. Kindly help me. ---
**Author:** ![Abdelhalim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Abdelhalim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdelhalim)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-in-which-way-elasticsearch-is-running/265813/4 "2021-03-02T08:32:52Z")
Did you add `path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch` to your elasticsearch configuration file ? ---
**Author:** ![gokulnath112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@gokulnath112](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gokulnath112)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-in-which-way-elasticsearch-is-running/265813/5 "2021-03-04T07:11:16Z")
> [@Abdelhalim](#): > > sudo systemctl stop elasticsearch I have added that path. this is the error i'm getting now. ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2021-03-01 14:09:19 UTC; 17h ago Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co) Process: 92103 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID\_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 92103 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mar 02 07:29:55 esn6data-0 systemd[1]: Stopped Elasticsearch. Warning: elasticsearch.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units. Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable. Please help me to sort out this issue. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Abdelhalim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Abdelhalim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdelhalim)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-in-which-way-elasticsearch-is-running/265813/6 "2021-03-04T08:09:53Z")
Hello, It's better if you copy/past your elasticsearch logs that you find in `/var/log/elasticsearch` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-in-which-way-elasticsearch-is-running/265813/7 "2021-04-01T08:10:41Z")
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