Start and stop Elastic Agents on edge hosts
editStart and stop Elastic Agents on edge hosts
editYou can start and stop the Elastic Agent service on the host where it’s running, and it will no longer send data to Elasticsearch.
Start Elastic Agent
editIf you’ve stopped the Elastic Agent service and want to restart it, use the commands that work with your system:
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/co.elastic.elastic-agent.plist
sudo service elastic-agent start
Start-Service Elastic Agent
The DEB package includes a service unit for Linux systems with systemd. On these systems, you can manage Elastic Agent by using the usual systemd commands.
Use systemctl to start the agent:
sudo systemctl start elastic-agent
Otherwise, use:
sudo service elastic-agent start
The RPM package includes a service unit for Linux systems with systemd. On these systems, you can manage Elastic Agent by using the usual systemd commands.
Use systemctl to start the agent:
sudo systemctl start elastic-agent
Otherwise, use:
sudo service elastic-agent start
Stop Elastic Agent
editTo stop Elastic Agent and its related executables, stop the Elastic Agent service. Use the commands that work with your system:
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/co.elastic.elastic-agent.plist
Elastic Agent will restart automatically if the system is rebooted.
sudo service elastic-agent stop
Elastic Agent will restart automatically if the system is rebooted.
Stop-Service Elastic Agent
If necessary, use Task Manager on Windows to stop Elastic Agent. This will kill the
elastic-agent process and any sub-processes it created (such as Beats).
Elastic Agent will restart automatically if the system is rebooted.
The DEB package includes a service unit for Linux systems with systemd. On these systems, you can manage Elastic Agent by using the usual systemd commands.
Use systemctl to stop the agent:
sudo systemctl stop elastic-agent
Otherwise, use:
sudo service elastic-agent stop
Elastic Agent will restart automatically if the system is rebooted.
The RPM package includes a service unit for Linux systems with systemd. On these systems, you can manage Elastic Agent by using the usual systemd commands.
Use systemctl to stop the agent:
sudo systemctl stop elastic-agent
Otherwise, use:
sudo service elastic-agent stop
Elastic Agent will restart automatically if the system is rebooted.