This functionality is experimental and may be changed or removed completely in a
future release. Elastic will take a best effort approach to fix any issues, but
experimental features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA
features.
Stop Journalbeat
editStop Journalbeat
editAn orderly shutdown of Journalbeat ensures that it has a chance to clean up and close outstanding resources. You can help ensure an orderly shutdown by stopping Journalbeat properly.
If you’re running Journalbeat as a service, you can stop it via the service management functionality provided by your installation.
If you’re running Journalbeat directly in the console, you can stop it by entering Ctrl-C. Alternatively, send SIGTERM to the Journalbeat process on a POSIX system.