[[start-stop]]
== Starting and stopping Kibana

The method for starting and stopping {kib} varies depending on how you installed 
it. 

[float]
[[start-start-targz]]
=== Archive packages (`.tar.gz`)

If you installed {kib} on Linux or Darwin with a `.tar.gz` package, you can 
start and stop {kib} from the command line.  

[float]
include::install/targz-running.asciidoc[]

[float]
[[start-stop-zip]]
=== Archive packages (`.zip`)

If you installed {kib} on Windows with a `.zip` package, you can 
stop and start {kib} from the command line.  

[float]
include::install/windows-running.asciidoc[]

[float]
[[start-stop-deb]]
=== Debian packages

include::install/init-systemd.asciidoc[]

[float]
include::install/deb-init.asciidoc[]

[float]
include::install/systemd.asciidoc[]

[float]
[[start-stop-rpm]]
=== RPM packages

include::install/init-systemd.asciidoc[]

[float]
include::install/rpm-init.asciidoc[]

[float]
include::install/systemd.asciidoc[]