# Automatically Applying Existing ILM Policy to Newly Created Indicies
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-applying-existing-ilm-policy-to-newly-created-indicies/287749
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-applying-existing-ilm-policy-to-newly-created-indicies/287749 "2021-10-27T05:26:24Z")
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### Author:  [@rajsuper2021](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajsuper2021)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-applying-existing-ilm-policy-to-newly-created-indicies/287749/1 "2021-10-27T05:26:24Z")
I have indicies that daily created by logstash in Elasticsearch called "logstash-\*"
I have a ILM policy to clean up indicies that are 10 days old.
How do I ensure newly created indices have the ILM Policy automatically added to them?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-applying-existing-ilm-policy-to-newly-created-indicies/287749/2 "2021-10-27T05:38:55Z")
You will need to add the policy to the Logstash template - [Manage existing indices | Elasticsearch Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/ilm-with-existing-indices.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-applying-existing-ilm-policy-to-newly-created-indicies/287749/3 "2021-11-24T05:39:43Z")
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