# Define and tune elastic cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** ccs-cross-cluster-search\ **Created:** [April 25, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-and-tune-elastic-cluster/229752 "2020-04-25T10:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rajendra\_Prasad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajendra_prasad/32/57692_2.png) [@Rajendra\_Prasad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajendra_Prasad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-and-tune-elastic-cluster/229752/1 "2020-04-25T10:37:20Z")
Please provide steps involved for the below process 1. Create an Index Lifecycle Management Policy for retention of 60days 2. Create an ideal index template taking into consideration the existing cluster size and log ingestion per day. 3. Define kibana.autocomplete cloud settings if required. 4. Define ideal cluster size - number of nodes with capacity details for each component E-L-K 5. Create a snapshot policy for 60 days retention of data. 6. Review and revive the existing cluster health 7. Define ideal cluster tuning guidelines - checks to be done for optimum performance. 8. APM and ML Nodes configuration/receommendation ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-and-tune-elastic-cluster/229752/2 "2020-04-25T10:58:05Z")
That is so incredibly broad that it is impossible to answer. You have also not provided any information about your use case or deployment. You generally have a better chance of getting a good response if you ask more targeted questions and show what you have done so far. Meanwhile I will provide some useful links. > [@Rajendra\_Prasad](#): > > Create an Index Lifecycle Management Policy for retention of 60days > **[Index Lifecycle Policies | Kibana Guide \[7.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.6/index-lifecycle-policies.html)** > **[ILM: Manage the index lifecycle | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/index-lifecycle-management.html)** > [@Rajendra\_Prasad](#): > > Create an ideal index template taking into consideration the existing cluster size and log ingestion per day. > **[Put index template API | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/indices-templates.html)** > **[Tune for disk usage | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/tune-for-disk-usage.html)** > [@Rajendra\_Prasad](#): > > Define ideal cluster size - number of nodes with capacity details for each component E-L-K > **[Sizing Hot-Warm Architectures for Logging and Metrics in the Elasticsearch...](https://www.elastic.co/blog/sizing-hot-warm-architectures-for-logging-and-metrics-in-the-elasticsearch-service-on-elastic-cloud)** > **[Quantitative Cluster Sizing](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/elasticsearch-sizing-and-capacity-planning)** > > This webinar covers the capacity planning frameworks, methodologies, and best practices used by the solutions architects at Elastic. You will learn how to estimate the architecture requirements for typical Elasticsearch use cases. > **[Using Rally to Get Your Elasticsearch Cluster Size Right](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/using-rally-to-get-your-elasticsearch-cluster-size-right)** > [@Rajendra\_Prasad](#): > > Create a snapshot policy for 60 days retention of data. > **[Snapshot and Restore | Kibana Guide \[7.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.6/snapshot-repositories.html)** > **[Snapshot lifecycle management API | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/snapshot-lifecycle-management-api.html)** > [@Rajendra\_Prasad](#): > > view and revive the existing cluster health > **[Stack Monitoring | Kibana Guide \[7.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.6/xpack-monitoring.html)** > [@Rajendra\_Prasad](#): > > Define ideal cluster tuning guidelines - checks to be done for optimum performance. > **[How To | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/how-to.html)** ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-and-tune-elastic-cluster/229752/3 "2020-05-23T10:58:07Z")
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