==== Running Elasticsearch with SysV `init` Use the `chkconfig` command to configure Elasticsearch to start automatically when the system boots up: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------------- sudo chkconfig --add elasticsearch -------------------------------------------------- Elasticsearch can be started and stopped using the `service` command: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------- sudo -i service elasticsearch start sudo -i service elasticsearch stop -------------------------------------------- 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/`.