Start and stop services
Elastic Cloud Hosted lets you manage and configure one or more deployments of the versioned Elastic Stack, hosted on Elastic Cloud. Availability This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. Elastic Cloud Enterprise is a self-managed orchestration platform for deploying and managing the Elastic Stack at scale. Availability This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes. Self-managed deployments are Elastic Stack deployments managed without the assistance of an orchestrator. Availability This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.
ECH
Generally available
ECE
Generally available
Self-managed
Generally available
This section covers the recommended procedures for:
- starting and stopping self-managed Elasticsearch nodes
- starting and stopping self-managed Kibana instances
- restarting an ECE deployment
- restarting Elastic Cloud Hosted deployments
- full cluster and rolling restarts for self-managed clusters
In ECK, when a resource – like Elasticsearch or Kibana – is declared, the reconciliation loop ensures the desired state is maintained. There is no built-in stop mechanism in Kubernetes because it’s designed for declarative state management. You either define a resource, and Kubernetes ensures it’s running, or you delete it. You can restart instances by deleting Pods, as the platform will start them immediately.
Following these guidelines helps prevent data loss, minimize downtime, and maintain optimal performance across different environments.