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

==== Running Elasticsearch from the command line

Once installed, Elasticsearch can be started from the command line, if not installed as a service
and configured to start when installation completes, as follows:

["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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.\bin\elasticsearch.exe
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The command line terminal will display output similar to the following:

image::images/msi_installer/elasticsearch_exe.png[]

By default, Elasticsearch runs in the foreground, prints its logs to `STDOUT` in addition
to the `<cluster name>.log` file within `LOGSDIRECTORY`, and can be stopped by pressing `Ctrl-C`.