# Correct understanding of "aliases" in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/correct-understanding-of-aliases-in-elasticsearch/318126>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/correct-understanding-of-aliases-in-elasticsearch/318126 "2022-11-03T16:50:48Z")\
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> [@ILM elasticsearch not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-elasticsearch-not-working/318263):
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> Such a question, I read the manual and I seem to have done everything right, but I still get an error for indices, I use the wazuh template and add the following to it: { "order": 0, "index\_patterns": ["wazuh-alerts-4.x-\*", "wazuh-archives-4.x-\*"], "settings": { "index.refresh\_interval": "5s", "index.number\_of\_shards": "3", "index.number\_of\_replicas": "0", "index.auto\_expand\_replicas": "0-1", "index.lifecycle.name": "wazuh\_ilm", "index.lifecycle.rollove…

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