So I have successfully installed and started ElasticSearch as a service in Centos 7. My question is this. After the service is started, is there a way to view the console that one would see if it didn't start ElasticSearch as a service?
An example of the console I am trying to see is below:(This is what it would have looked like if I didn't start it as a service).

Best How To :
Once you have started elasticsearch on console, you can check whether elasticsearch is running or not by entering following url in browser: http://localhost:9200
By entering above url if you get a response such as:
{
"status" : 200,
"name" : "Doppelganger",
"cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
"version" : {
"number" : "1.5.2",
"build_hash" : "62ff9868b4c8a0c45860bebb259e21980778ab1c",
"build_timestamp" : "2015-04-27T09:21:06Z",
"build_snapshot" : false,
"lucene_version" : "4.10.4"
},
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}
It means your elasticsearch is working.
Note: If you are not running elasticsearch instance & enter the url you will find webpage is not available message.