# Service elasticsearch stop is not stopping the process **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 1, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-elasticsearch-stop-is-not-stopping-the-process/332044 "2023-05-01T22:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Swati\_Bourai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/swati_bourai/32/117703_2.png) [@Swati\_Bourai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swati_Bourai)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-elasticsearch-stop-is-not-stopping-the-process/332044/1 "2023-05-01T22:27:13Z")
We are trying to stop elastic using the service elasticsearch stop command however not sure how it further calls the kill command as there is no execstop command in the elasticsearch.service file Also we see the process keeps on running but pid file is removed. ```auto elastic 2596439 1 1 Apr18 ? 04:00:04 /path/shared/pathElasticsearch8-1.0.SNAPSHOT/jdk/bin/java -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60 -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10 -Djava.security.manager=allow -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -Xss1m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djna.nosys=true -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0 -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED -XX:+UseG1GC -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/elasticsearch-18329529858296199006 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=data -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m -XX:HeapDumpPath=logs -Xms7913m -Xmx7913m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=4150263808 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4m -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30 -XX:G1ReservePercent=15 -Des.distribution.type=tar --module-path /path/config/elasticsearch8/nodes/dev01/lib --add-modules=jdk.net -m org.elasticsearch.server/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch elastic 2601266 1 1 Apr18 ? 04:43:47 /path/config/kibana8/bin/../node/bin/node /path/config/kibana8/bin/../src/cli/dist ``` checking the service ```auto service pathElasticsearch8 status Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status pathElasticsearch8.service ● pathElasticsearch8.service - Elasticsearch8 Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/pathElasticsearch8.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: deactivating (stop-sigterm) since Mon 2023-04-24 17:11:36 BST; 1 weeks 0 days ago Process: 4154989 ExecStop=/path/config/elasticsearch8/bin/elasticsearch stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 2596439 (java) Tasks: 117 (limit: 101037) Memory: 8.9G CGroup: /system.slice/pathElasticsearch8.service └─2596439 /path/shared/pathElasticsearch8-1.0.SNAPSHOT/jdk/bin/java -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60 -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10 -Djava.> ``` We have to hard kill the process every time can someone please explain the reasonz. Below is the error during shutdown of the elasticsearch8 ````auto [2023-04-24T17:11:36,299][INFO][o.e.x.w.WatcherService] [dev01] stopping watch service, reason [shutdown initiated] [2023-04-24T17:11:36,300][INFO][o.e.x.w.WatcherLifeCycleService] [dev01] watcher has stopped and shutdown [2023-04-24T17:11:36,577][INFO][o.e.c.c.Coordinator] [dev01] master node [{dev03}{R9mOUc7AQ52Z4tAVNVWbSA}{b8Hc4HjGRyWhnT3YSKqmQw}{dev03}{57.255.232.170}{57.255.232.170:9310}{cdfhlmrstw}] disconnected, restarting discovery [2023-04-24T17:11:36,584][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [dev01] [controller/2596473] [Main.cc@176] ML controller exiting [2023-04-24T17:11:36,583][ERROR][i.n.u.c.D.rejectedExecution] [dev01] Failed to submit a listener notification task. Event loop shut down? java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "setContextClassLoader") at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:485) ~[?:?] at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:1068) ~[?:?] at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:411) ~[?:?] at java.lang.Thread.setContextClassLoader(Thread.java:1525) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.GlobalEventExecutor$2.run(GlobalEventExecutor.java:226) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.GlobalEventExecutor$2.run(GlobalEventExecutor.java:223) ~[?:?] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.GlobalEventExecutor.startThread(GlobalEventExecutor.java:223) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.GlobalEventExecutor.execute0(GlobalEventExecutor.java:211) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.GlobalEventExecutor.execute(GlobalEventExecutor.java:205) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.safeExecute(DefaultPromise.java:841) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.notifyListeners(DefaultPromise.java:499) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.setValue0(DefaultPromise.java:616) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.setSuccess0(DefaultPromise.java:605) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.setSuccess(DefaultPromise.java:96) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:1057) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) ~[?:?] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) ~[?:?] [2023-04-24T17:11:36,587][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.NativeController] [dev01] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started [2023-04-24T17:11:46,580][WARN][o.e.c.c.ClusterFormationFailureHelper] [dev01] master not discovered or elected yet, an election requires at least 2 nodes with i ``` ```` ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-elasticsearch-stop-is-not-stopping-the-process/332044/2 "2023-05-02T03:54:16Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃 Please share your Elasticsearch logs, it might help us identify the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Swati\_Bourai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/swati_bourai/32/117703_2.png) [@Swati\_Bourai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swati_Bourai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-elasticsearch-stop-is-not-stopping-the-process/332044/3 "2023-05-02T13:25:55Z")
thanks have shared the logs.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-elasticsearch-stop-is-not-stopping-the-process/332044/4 "2023-05-30T13:26:01Z")
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