diff --git a/plugins/elasticsearch/Rakefile b/plugins/elasticsearch/Rakefile
index b904a66..71c57e1 100644
--- a/plugins/elasticsearch/Rakefile
+++ b/plugins/elasticsearch/Rakefile
@@ -16,3 +16,18 @@ task :install => :download do
   sh 'sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk'
   sh 'sudo dpkg -i /tmp/elasticsearch.deb || sudo apt-get install -f'
 end
+
+desc "start elasticsearch"
+task :start do
+  if not system 'sudo systemctl start elasticsearch > /dev/null'
+    Rake::Task['install'].invoke
+  end
+  sh 'sudo systemctl start elasticsearch'
+  sh 'sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch'
+end
+
+desc "stop elasticsearch"
+task :stop do
+  sh 'sudo systemctl stop elasticsearch'
+  sh 'sudo systemctl disable elasticsearch'
+end
diff --git a/plugins/elasticsearch/after_disable.rb b/plugins/elasticsearch/after_disable.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66c061c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/elasticsearch/after_disable.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'rake'
+
+tasks_dir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'Rakefile')
+
+Dir[tasks_dir].each do |file|
+  load file
+end
+
+Rake.application['stop'].invoke
diff --git a/plugins/elasticsearch/install.rb b/plugins/elasticsearch/install.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9822680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/elasticsearch/install.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'rake'
+
+tasks_dir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'Rakefile')
+
+Dir[tasks_dir].each do |file|
+  load file
+end
+
+Rake.application['start'].invoke
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