---
title: Starting and stopping thePingIntelligenceDashboard
description: Start and stop the PingIntelligence Dashboard.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.2
page_id: pingintelligence:pingintelligence_reference_guide:pingintelligence_dashboard_start_stop
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.2/pingintelligence_reference_guide/pingintelligence_dashboard_start_stop.html
revdate: May 31, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  choose-from: Choose from:
---

# Starting and stopping thePingIntelligenceDashboard

Start and stop the PingIntelligence Dashboard.

## About this task

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

## Steps

1. To start and stop components:

   ### Choose from:

   * Start and stop components together.

   * 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 components 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 and stop components individually.

     1. Start components in the following order:

        1. Start Elasticsearch by entering the following command:

           ```
           # 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 the Dashboard by entering the following the command:

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

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

        3. Start the Web GUI by entering the following command:

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

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

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

     2. Stop components in the following order:

        1. Stop the Web GUI by entering the following command:

           ```
           # 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 the Dashboard by entering the following command:

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

           WebGUI 5.1
           WebGUI is stopped.
           ```

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

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

        3. 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
           ```