# Created a new ILP how to start it?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/created-a-new-ilp-how-to-start-it/207367
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [November 11, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/created-a-new-ilp-how-to-start-it/207367 "2019-11-11T14:16:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@L33T](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/L33T)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/created-a-new-ilp-how-to-start-it/207367/1 "2019-11-11T14:16:48Z")
Hi,
I have created a new Index lifecycle Policy and i understand that it will not kick in on existing indexes so how do i get ingest`s to start using it / create a new index with the ILP?
Cheers,
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### Author:  [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/created-a-new-ilp-how-to-start-it/207367/2 "2019-11-11T16:32:01Z")
@alisongoryachev can u please help here?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@alisongoryachev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alisongoryachev)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/created-a-new-ilp-how-to-start-it/207367/3 "2019-11-12T00:40:35Z")
Hi @L33T!
This Discuss post provides details on how to associate a policy with an existing index: [Index lifecycle management for existing indices?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-management-for-existing-indices/181749)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/created-a-new-ilp-how-to-start-it/207367/4 "2019-12-10T00:40:38Z")
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