# Start Elasticsearch in a Java process

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-in-a-java-process/160283>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 11, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-in-a-java-process/160283 "2018-12-11T03:46:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jun.li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jun.li](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jun.li)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-in-a-java-process/160283/1 "2018-12-11T03:46:09Z")

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Is it possible I can start/stop Elasticsearch within a Java process? The firm has an infra that can quickly manage any Java process start/stop and also monitor log.

org.elasticsearch.client.Node node = new Node(...)  
node.start()  
...  
node.stop()

I'm not sure if the command line is the best option to manage an Elasticsearch node in production env.

Thanks,  
Jun

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-in-a-java-process/160283/2 "2018-12-11T04:42:02Z")

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No, this is no longer supported. See [this blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-the-server) for more information.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-in-a-java-process/160283/3 "2018-12-11T07:07:32Z")

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You can start a Node though using Docker from Java. See [https://www.testcontainers.org/usage/elasticsearch\_container.html](https://www.testcontainers.org/usage/elasticsearch_container.html)

Not sure it helps.

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**Author:** ![jun.li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jun.li](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jun.li)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-in-a-java-process/160283/4 "2018-12-11T07:28:33Z")

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This looks very interesting. I'll certainly try this out. Many thanks David.

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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:** [January 8, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-in-a-java-process/160283/5 "2019-01-08T07:28:34Z")

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