# How to shut down a node **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 16, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shut-down-a-node/2847 "2010-03-16T16:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_Loy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Paul\_Loy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paul_Loy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shut-down-a-node/2847/1 "2010-03-16T16:19:30Z")
Couldn't find it in the docs. Do you just kill it or is there something more graceful? Ironically the Elastic Search website does not have search!? Many thanks, -K- ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shut-down-a-node/2847/2 "2010-03-16T16:41:07Z")
Answers below: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:19 PM, keteracel [keteracel@gmail.com](mailto:keteracel@gmail.com) wrote: > Couldn't find it in the docs. Do you just kill it or is there > something more graceful? Currently, kill the process or type Ctrl+C. If you just kill it, it will shutdown properly. I plan to add an API to shutdown a node, and to shutdown a cluster. > Ironically the Elastic Search website does not have search!? Ahh, sarcasm, my favorite dish of the day. I do want to add google site search on it as a quick solution. But, of course, the next person would come and say why are you using google to search the site, couldn't you build it with elasticsearch... (which, of course, I can, but I need a dedicated server to act as a search server, and I prefer to spend my time making elasticsearch better). > Many thanks, > > -K- ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shut-down-a-node/2847/3 "2010-03-16T22:31:19Z")
just pushed support for cluster shutdown api, issue here: [Shutdown API: allow to shutdown node(s) or the whole cluster · Issue #64 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/64). -shay.banon On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote: > Answers below: > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:19 PM, keteracel [keteracel@gmail.com](mailto:keteracel@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Couldn't find it in the docs. Do you just kill it or is there > > something more graceful? > > Currently, kill the process or type Ctrl+C. If you just kill it, it will > shutdown properly. I plan to add an API to shutdown a node, and to shutdown > a cluster. > > > Ironically the Elastic Search website does not have search!? > > Ahh, sarcasm, my favorite dish of the day. I do want to add google site > search on it as a quick solution. But, of course, the next person would come > and say why are you using google to search the site, couldn't you build it > with elasticsearch... (which, of course, I can, but I need a dedicated > server to act as a search server, and I prefer to spend my time making > elasticsearch better). > > > Many thanks, > > > > -K- ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Loy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Paul\_Loy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paul_Loy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shut-down-a-node/2847/4 "2010-03-17T09:53:01Z")
Wow, that was quick! Thanks Shay, Paul. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote: > just pushed support for cluster shutdown api, issue here: > [Shutdown API: allow to shutdown node(s) or the whole cluster · Issue #64 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/64). > > -shay.banon > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote: > > > Answers below: > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:19 PM, keteracel [keteracel@gmail.com](mailto:keteracel@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Couldn't find it in the docs. Do you just kill it or is there > > > something more graceful? > > > > Currently, kill the process or type Ctrl+C. If you just kill it, it will > > shutdown properly. I plan to add an API to shutdown a node, and to shutdown > > a cluster. > > > > > Ironically the Elastic Search website does not have search!? > > > > Ahh, sarcasm, my favorite dish of the day. I do want to add google site > > search on it as a quick solution. But, of course, the next person would come > > and say why are you using google to search the site, couldn't you build it > > with elasticsearch... (which, of course, I can, but I need a dedicated > > server to act as a search server, and I prefer to spend my time making > > elasticsearch better). > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > -K- ## -- Paul Loy ---
**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:** [March 17, 2010, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shut-down-a-node/2847/5 "2010-03-17T10:21:44Z")
No problem. Thats exactly how I like to do things. I was thinking about the shutdown API, and its on my list of things todo, but once a user wants it, it gets bumped up :). -shay.banon On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Paul Loy [keteracel@gmail.com](mailto:keteracel@gmail.com) wrote: > Wow, that was quick! > > Thanks Shay, > > Paul. > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Shay Banon \<[shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com) > > > wrote: > > > just pushed support for cluster shutdown api, issue here: > > [Shutdown API: allow to shutdown node(s) or the whole cluster · Issue #64 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/64). > > > > -shay.banon > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Shay Banon \<[shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com) > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Answers below: > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:19 PM, keteracel [keteracel@gmail.com](mailto:keteracel@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > Couldn't find it in the docs. Do you just kill it or is there > > > > something more graceful? > > > > > > Currently, kill the process or type Ctrl+C. If you just kill it, it will > > > shutdown properly. I plan to add an API to shutdown a node, and to shutdown > > > a cluster. > > > > > > > Ironically the Elastic Search website does not have search!? > > > > > > Ahh, sarcasm, my favorite dish of the day. I do want to add google site > > > search on it as a quick solution. But, of course, the next person would come > > > and say why are you using google to search the site, couldn't you build it > > > with elasticsearch... (which, of course, I can, but I need a dedicated > > > server to act as a search server, and I prefer to spend my time making > > > elasticsearch better). > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > > > -K- > > ## -- > > Paul Loy ---
**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:** [March 17, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shut-down-a-node/2847/6 "2010-03-17T11:27:43Z")
By the way, for now, added Google custom search on the site. You can find it here: [Elastic: Search Results | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.com/search/). -shay.banon On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote: > No problem. Thats exactly how I like to do things. I was thinking about the > shutdown API, and its on my list of things todo, but once a user wants it, > it gets bumped up :). > > -shay.banon > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Paul Loy [keteracel@gmail.com](mailto:keteracel@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Wow, that was quick! > > > > Thanks Shay, > > > > Paul. > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Shay Banon \< > > [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)\> wrote: > > > > > just pushed support for cluster shutdown api, issue here: > > > [Shutdown API: allow to shutdown node(s) or the whole cluster · Issue #64 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/64). > > > > > > -shay.banon > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Shay Banon \< > > > [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)\> wrote: > > > > > > > Answers below: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:19 PM, keteracel [keteracel@gmail.com](mailto:keteracel@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > Couldn't find it in the docs. Do you just kill it or is there > > > > > something more graceful? > > > > > > > > Currently, kill the process or type Ctrl+C. If you just kill it, it will > > > > shutdown properly. I plan to add an API to shutdown a node, and to shutdown > > > > a cluster. > > > > > > > > > Ironically the Elastic Search website does not have search!? > > > > > > > > Ahh, sarcasm, my favorite dish of the day. I do want to add google site > > > > search on it as a quick solution. But, of course, the next person would come > > > > and say why are you using google to search the site, couldn't you build it > > > > with elasticsearch... (which, of course, I can, but I need a dedicated > > > > server to act as a search server, and I prefer to spend my time making > > > > elasticsearch better). > > > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > > > > > -K- > > > > ## -- > > > > Paul Loy ---
**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, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shut-down-a-node/2847/7 "2017-07-06T04:25:17Z")