elasticsearch/docs/reference/setup/install/rpm-init.asciidoc

==== Running Elasticsearch with SysV `init`

Use the `chkconfig` command to configure Elasticsearch to start automatically
when the system boots up:

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sudo chkconfig --add elasticsearch
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Elasticsearch can be started and stopped using the `service` command:

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sudo -i service elasticsearch start
sudo -i service elasticsearch stop
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If Elasticsearch fails to start for any reason, it will print the reason for
failure to STDOUT. Log files can be found in `/var/log/elasticsearch/`.