# Curator - create\_index - skip if index already exists

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-create-index-skip-if-index-already-exists/247267>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** curator\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-create-index-skip-if-index-already-exists/247267 "2020-09-02T17:16:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bruceclegg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@Bruceclegg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruceclegg)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-create-index-skip-if-index-already-exists/247267/1 "2020-09-02T17:16:54Z")

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Periodically I use cron and curator to create indices. Is there a way to build into the action.yml file a mechanism to skip the create\_index action if the named index already exists?

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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:** [September 30, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-create-index-skip-if-index-already-exists/247267/2 "2020-09-30T17:17:01Z")

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Closed on September 30, 2020, 5:17pm UTC

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