---
title: Start and stop Dashboard
description: You can choose to start and stop all the components together or individually.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.1
page_id: pingintelligence:pingintelligence_dashboard:pingintelligence_dashboard_start_stop
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.1/pingintelligence_dashboard/pingintelligence_dashboard_start_stop.html
revdate: May 24, 2024
section_ids:
  start-pingintelligence-dashboard-components-individually: Start PingIntelligence Dashboard components individually
  stop-pingintelligence-dashboard-components-individually: Stop PingIntelligence Dashboard components individually
---

# Start and stop Dashboard

You can choose to start and stop all the components together or individually.

It is recommended to start and stop components together using the following command:

```
# cd  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/webgui
# ./bin/start-all.sh

starting elasticsearch...
warning: usage of JAVA_HOME is deprecated, use ES_JAVA_HOME
warning: usage of JAVA_HOME is deprecated, use ES_JAVA_HOME
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
elasticsearch started
starting data-engine
Data Engine configured for UTC timezone.
PingIntelligence Data Engine 5.1 starting...
data-engine started
starting webgui
WebGUI configured for UTC timezone.
WebGUI 5.1 starting...
please see  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/webgui/logs/admin/admin.log for more details
success: all ui components started
```

To stop all the components of PingIntelligence Dashboard together, enter the following command:

```
# cd  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/webgui
# ./bin/stop-all.sh

WebGUI 5.1
WebGUI is stopped.
PingIntelligence Data Engine 5.1
PingIntelligence Data Engine is stopped.
elasticsearch stopped
success: all ui components stopped
```

## Start PingIntelligence Dashboard components individually

Start the components in the following order:

1. Start Elasticsearch: Enter the following command to start Elasticsearch:

   ```
   # cd  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/elasticsearch
   # ./bin/elasticsearch -d -p logs/elasticsearch.pid
   ```

   If Elasticsearch is running as a service, use the following command:

   ```
   # sudo systemctl start pi-elasticsearch.service
   ```

2. Start Dashboard: Enter the following command to start Dashboard:

   ```
   # cd  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/webgui
   # ./bin/start.sh

   WebGUI configured for UTC timezone.
   WebGUI 5.1 starting...
   please see  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/webgui/logs/admin/admin.log for more details
   ```

   If Dashboard is running as a service, use the following command:

   ```
   # sudo systemctl start pi-dashboard.service
   ```

3. Start Web GUI: Enter the following command to start Web GUI:

   ```
   # cd  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/webgui
   # ./bin/start.sh
   ```

   If Web GUI is running as a service, use the following command:

   ```
   # sudo systemctl start pi-webgui.service
   ```

## Stop PingIntelligence Dashboard components individually

Stop the components in the following order:

1. Stop Web GUI: Enter the following command to stop Web GUI:

   ```
   # cd  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/webgui
   # ./bin/stop.sh
   ```

   If Web GUI is running as a service, use the following command:

   ```
   # sudo systemctl stop pi-webgui.service
   ```

2. Stop Dashboard : Stop the dashboard engine by entering the following command:

   ```
   # cd  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/webgui
   # ./bin/stop.sh

   WebGUI 5.1
   WebGUI is stopped.
   ```

   If Dashboard is running as a service, use the following command:

   ```
   # sudo systemctl stop pi-dashboard.service
   ```

3. Stop Elasticsearch: Stop Elasticsearch by entering the following command:

   ```
   # cd  <pi_install_dir>/pingidentity/elasticsearch
   # kill -15 "$(<logs/elasticsearch.pid)"
   ```

   If Elasticsearch is running as a service, use the following command:

   ```
   # sudo systemctl stop pi-elasticsearch.service
   ```