Start and stop Elastic Agents on edge hosts
You can start and stop the Elastic Agent service on the host where it’s running, and it will no longer send data to Elasticsearch.
If 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 To 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.