- Fleet and Elastic Agent Guide: other versions:
- Overview
- Limitations of this release
- Quick start: Get logs and metrics into the Elastic Stack
- Quick start: Get application traces into the Elastic Stack
- Manage your Elastic Agents
- Policies
- Data streams
- Troubleshoot common problems
- Frequently asked questions
Stop Elastic Agent
editStop 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.