elasticsearch/docs/reference/setup/install/zip-windows-start.asciidoc

==== Running Elasticsearch from the command line

Elasticsearch can be started from the command line as follows:

[source,sh]
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.\bin\elasticsearch.bat
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If you have password-protected the {es} keystore, you will be prompted to
enter the keystore's password. See <<secure-settings>> for more details.

By default, Elasticsearch runs in the foreground, prints its logs to `STDOUT`,
and can be stopped by pressing `Ctrl-C`.