# Avoid monitoring-es-6 logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-monitoring-es-6-logs/138370>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 3, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-monitoring-es-6-logs/138370 "2018-07-03T11:56:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Praveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@Praveena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Praveena)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-monitoring-es-6-logs/138370/1 "2018-07-03T11:56:47Z")

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Hi,

I'm using platinum license-xpack.  
I want to delete the following log, which I got for GET \_cat/indices after 5 days.  
--green open .monitoring-es-6-2018.07.02 763TW3n4TZmzsNuME-Tu0g 1 0 56676 80 25mb 25mb

my elastisearch.yml :

xpack.monitoring.history.duration: 5d  
xpack.monitoring.exporters.my\_local:  
type: local  
use\_ingest: false  
index.name.time\_format: YYYY.MM

Is it correct?  
Elasticsearch service is not at all starting if I do this in yml.

Setting only xpack.monitoring.history.duration: 5d is not deleting logs after 5 days.

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-monitoring-es-6-logs/138370/2 "2018-07-03T12:48:32Z")

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> [@Praveena](#):
>
> Is it correct?  
> Elasticsearch service is not at all starting if I do this in yml.

What error do you get when you try to start the service?

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**Author:** ![Praveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@Praveena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Praveena)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-monitoring-es-6-logs/138370/3 "2018-07-04T09:51:19Z")

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> [@Praveena](#):
>
> xpack.monitoring.history.duration: 5d  
> xpack.monitoring.exporters.my\_local:  
> type: local  
> use\_ingest: false  
> index.name.time\_format: YYYY.MM

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.  
Exception in thread "main" [null-valued setting found for key [xpack.monitoring.exporters.my\_local] found at line number [37], column number [37]]  
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.validateValue(Settings.java:759)  
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.fromXContent(Settings.java:723)  
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.fromXContent(Settings.java:673)  
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.access$500(Settings.java:82)  
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromStream(Settings.java:1183)  
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromPath(Settings.java:1162)  
at org.elasticsearch.node.InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(InternalSettingsPreparer.java:99)  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.createEnv(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:95)  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86)  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124)  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90)  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92)  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:85)

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-monitoring-es-6-logs/138370/4 "2018-07-04T13:56:43Z")

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This

```auto
xpack.monitoring.exporters.my_local:
type: local
use_ingest: false
index.name.time_format: YYYY.MM

```

is not valid yaml. Please change this to

```auto
xpack.monitoring.exporters.my_local:
  type: local
  use_ingest: false
  index.name.time_format: YYYY.MM

```

mind the leading `SPACE` before `type`,`use_ingest` and `index`

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-monitoring-es-6-logs/138370/5 "2018-08-01T13:56:51Z")

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