# Create daily index with ILM

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-daily-index-with-ilm/273199
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management, filebeat
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-daily-index-with-ilm/273199 "2021-05-17T16:14:58Z")
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### Author: ![Matteo\_Rainieri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matteo_rainieri/32/88775_2.png) [@Matteo\_Rainieri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matteo_Rainieri)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-daily-index-with-ilm/273199/1 "2021-05-17T16:14:58Z")

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Hello there.  
I got a simple question:  
When i'm using filebeat, i would like to create a daily index and use index lifecycle policies.  
Im currently using ilm with this settings in filebeat.yml:

```auto
setup.ilm.enabled: auto
setup.ilm.rollover_alias: "filebeat"
setup.ilm.pattern: "{now/d}-000001"

```

But as far as i saw, this way elastic doesn't create a daily index.

I also tried using "index" in filebeat.yml like this:

```auto

output.elasticsearch:
   hosts: xxxxxxxxx
   Index: "filebeat-%{now/d}"

```

(Setting up later setup.ilm.enabled: false + templates)

But this way i can't use index lifecycle policies...

Any suggestion?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-daily-index-with-ilm/273199/2 "2021-05-17T22:59:21Z")

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If you setup the policy to create an index per day, then ILM will do that, it just won't change the timestamp in the index name.

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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: [June 15, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-daily-index-with-ilm/273199/3 "2021-06-15T00:59:42Z")

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