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- Sign into the ES Management Console.
- On the Main menu, navigate to Manage and click Shutdown/Restart.
- Click on the most applicable shutdown or restart option. The available options are:
- Graceful shutdown - Stops accepting new requests, continues to process already received requests, and then shuts down the server.
- Forced shutdown - Discards any requests currently being processed and immediately shuts down the server.
- Graceful Restart - Stops accepting new requests, continues to process already received requests, and then restarts the server.
- Immediate Restart - Discards any requests currently being processed and immediately restarts the server.
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