# Where ES stores index mappings when it stops running? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 4, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-es-stores-index-mappings-when-it-stops-running/4762 "2011-07-04T04:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pcdinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@pcdinh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pcdinh)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-es-stores-index-mappings-when-it-stops-running/4762/1 "2011-07-04T04:13:47Z")
Hi all, I created index mappings by sending a Curl command to ES server. However, when I stopped the server by sending kill -TERM, I could not find the mapping stored in the ES directory: data, config. Where can I find kind of data? Thanks Dinh ---
**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:** [July 4, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-es-stores-index-mappings-when-it-stops-running/4762/2 "2011-07-04T19:25:58Z")
Its stored internally in the data directory. On Monday, July 4, 2011 at 7:13 AM, pcdinh wrote: > Hi all, > > I created index mappings by sending a Curl command to ES server. > However, when I stopped the server by sending kill -TERM, I could not > find the mapping stored in the ES directory: data, config. Where can I > find kind of data? > > Thanks > > Dinh ---
**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, 4:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-es-stores-index-mappings-when-it-stops-running/4762/3 "2017-07-06T04:01:49Z")