# Why does the Elasticsearch always start by itself in the background **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 2, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-the-elasticsearch-always-start-by-itself-in-the-background/162636 "2019-01-02T10:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iamazy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/iamazy/32/36501_2.png) [@iamazy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iamazy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-the-elasticsearch-always-start-by-itself-in-the-background/162636/1 "2019-01-02T10:51:18Z")
![image_%E7%9C%8B%E5%9B%BE%E7%8E%8B](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/0/5022d97ba4b2b7db679afb5a543386e46926eb89.png) As the image showed，I started 3 elasticsearch background program，but the node named node\_1 always auto started itself ，and cause the exception “java.net.BindException: Address already in use”，how to stop it，thanks ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-the-elasticsearch-always-start-by-itself-in-the-background/162636/2 "2019-01-02T11:28:13Z")
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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 30, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-the-elasticsearch-always-start-by-itself-in-the-background/162636/3 "2019-01-30T11:28:14Z")
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