# Curator \_alias is created for all the indices rather than specified? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 1, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator--alias-is-created-for-all-the-indices-rather-than-specified/80905 "2017-04-01T19:46:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yaswanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/94ad74/32.png) [@Yaswanth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yaswanth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator--alias-is-created-for-all-the-indices-rather-than-specified/80905/1 "2017-04-01T19:46:42Z")
HI, I created alias for indices that are in april , When i ran the command i got response like this: ``` 2017-04-02 00:46:53,374 INFO Preparing Action ID: 1, "alias" 2017-04-02 00:46:53,389 INFO Trying Action ID: 1, "alias": Creating alias for apr month. 2017-04-02 00:46:53,411 INFO Updating aliases... 2017-04-02 00:46:53,411 INFO Alias actions: {'actions': [{'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-sep-2017-09-01'}}, {'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-july-2017-07-01'}}, {'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-june-2017-06-01'}}, {'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-dec-2017-12-01'}}, {'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-august-2017-08-01'}}, {'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-may-2017-05-01'}}, {'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-apr-2017-04-01'}}, {'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-oct-2017-10-01'}}, {'add': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-nov-2017-11-01'}}, {'remove': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-sep-2017-09-01'}}, {'remove': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-july-2017-07-01'}}, {'remove': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-june-2017-06-01'}}, {'remove': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-dec-2017-12-01'}}, {'remove': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-august-2017-08-01'}}, {'remove': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-may-2017-05-01'}}, {'remove': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-oct-2017-10-01'}}, {'remove': {'alias': 'apr_alias', 'index': 'data-nov-2017-11-01'}}]} 2017-04-02 00:46:53,774 INFO Action ID: 1, "alias" completed. 2017-04-02 00:46:53,774 INFO Job completed. ``` In the above response first it had added index to apr\_alias and removed some indices except for the index that created on april(i.e .data-apr-2017-04-01). This is good that is what i want? But when i checked `GET _aliases` command in sense plugin i see that the apr\_aliases is created for every index rather than creating for the particular index(i.e.data-apr-2017-04-01).It is like this.. ``` { "data-july-2017-07-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-dec-2017-12-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-june-2017-06-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-jan-2017-01-01": { "aliases": { "jan_alias": {} } }, "data-sep-2017-09-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-nov-2017-11-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-oct-2017-10-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-feb-2017-02-01": { "aliases": { "feb_alias": {} } }, "data-may-2017-05-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-apr-2017-04-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-august-2017-08-01": { "aliases": { "apr_alias": {} } }, "data-mar-2017-03-01": { "aliases": { "mar_alias": {} } } } ``` MAY I know why this is happening? THANKS ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator--alias-is-created-for-all-the-indices-rather-than-specified/80905/2 "2017-04-01T20:23:24Z")
Though the operation is atomic, if you have the same index being added and removed, it will be added. This is because the removes are parsed first. I can clearly see in your output that there are adds for those indices, so they persist. It would also be helpful if you included your configuration. ---
**Author:** ![Yaswanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/94ad74/32.png) [@Yaswanth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yaswanth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator--alias-is-created-for-all-the-indices-rather-than-specified/80905/3 "2017-04-02T05:28:54Z")
Thanks.. My requirement is like this i need to create an alias for every month(i.e. jan\_alias, feb\_alias etc ) automatically since it cannot be done in index template i am coming to curator, even in curator too i have to run it for every month. For testing purpose i had created the indices at every start date of every month(i.e.data-jan-2017-01-01,data-feb-2017-02-01 etc) as i mentioned above. For creating alias for `data-jan-2017-01-01` i used only two filters keeping older and younger in such a way getting the in between days as i mentioned below: ``` - filtertype: age source: name direction: older timestring: '%Y-%m-%d' unit: days unit_count: 60 exclude: - filtertype: age source: name direction: younger timestring: '%Y-%m-%d' unit: days unit_count: 91 exclude: ``` Similarly i did for data-feb-2017-02-01,data-mar-2017-03-01. But for data-apr-2017-04-01 i used the below config like this: ``` actions: 1: action: alias description: >- Creating alias for apr month. options: name: apr_alias extra_settings: timeout_override: continue_if_exception: False disable_action: False add: filters: - filtertype: pattern kind: prefix value: data- exclude: - filtertype: age source: name direction: younger timestring: '%Y-%m-%d' unit: days unit_count: 2 exclude: remove: filters: - filtertype: pattern kind: prefix value: data- - filtertype: age source: name direction: younger timestring: '%Y-%m-%d' unit: days unit_count: 0 exclude: ``` For the above config, it first adding apr\_alias to all the indices and removing it except for `data-apr-2017-04-01` . Since you said `removes are parsed first` . I don't know how to overcome this? Similarly i have to do it for `data-may-2017-05-01`,`data-jun-2017-06-01` etc , i don't know how to filter them since i can use only younger filter on them. Any help is highly appreciated.. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator--alias-is-created-for-all-the-indices-rather-than-specified/80905/4 "2017-04-03T14:58:36Z")
Curator is not going to be a terrific choice for creating aliases for a monthly block of indices, at least not until [#733](https://github.com/elastic/curator/issues/733) is implemented. ---
**Author:** ![Yaswanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/94ad74/32.png) [@Yaswanth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yaswanth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator--alias-is-created-for-all-the-indices-rather-than-specified/80905/5 "2017-04-03T15:19:57Z")
Thanks for your confirmation on that. It really helped.. What will be the best choice for the above usecase? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator--alias-is-created-for-all-the-indices-rather-than-specified/80905/6 "2017-05-01T15:20:00Z")
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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator--alias-is-created-for-all-the-indices-rather-than-specified/80905/7 "2017-05-02T00:34:17Z")
#733 was implemented in Curator 5.0, which has since been released.