==== Run {kib} with SysV `init` Use the `update-rc.d` command to configure Kibana to start automatically when the system boots up: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------------- sudo update-rc.d kibana defaults 95 10 -------------------------------------------------- You can start and stop Kibana using the `service` command: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------- sudo -i service kibana start sudo -i service kibana stop -------------------------------------------- If Kibana fails to start for any reason, it will print the reason for failure to `STDOUT`. Log files can be found in `/var/log/kibana/`.