Hello, I have a problem on my Elasticsearch, i cannot delete an index with a superuser : I have some .reporting index, and i want to apply an ILM to this index because i dont need the old .reportng index. After changing the ILM specifying the deletion of indexes after X days, the old indexes ente…

Hi, From the Documentation it make sense , superuser Grants full access to cluster management and data indices. This role also grants direct read-only access to restricted indices like .security. A user with the superuser role can impersonate any other user in the system. On Elastic Clou…

Cannot DELETE Index with Superuser

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GinkoLucas May 10, 2022, 2:08pm 3

I got the solution. Superuser role is not a superuser anymore...
Go see this : [Reporting] Implement allowing administrators to manage any report or reporting index · Issue #127881 · elastic/kibana · GitHub Here is the solution !
U just have to create a new role and add it to your user. Use dev tool for this.

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Cannot DELETE Index with Superuser

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