# Delete old elasticsearch indexes (TLS, auth enabled for elasticsearch) using curator

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-old-elasticsearch-indexes-tls-auth-enabled-for-elasticsearch-using-curator/223069>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 11, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-old-elasticsearch-indexes-tls-auth-enabled-for-elasticsearch-using-curator/223069 "2020-03-11T08:19:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![naveenspen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/67e7ee/32.png) [@naveenspen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/naveenspen)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-old-elasticsearch-indexes-tls-auth-enabled-for-elasticsearch-using-curator/223069/1 "2020-03-11T08:19:36Z")

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I have daily indices (created through elasticsearch), Elasticsearch is running with basic xpack configuration (TLS certificate, authentication, and https )

I'm Trying to delete 'systemlog-' indices once in 2 days.

Below are the details:

curl -XGET [https://localhost:9200/\_cat/indices?v](https://localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v) -k -u elastic:changeme

health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size  
yellow open systemlog-2020.03.11 AUd9ZMlRQqSDQ9H6zrYc9w 1 1 5 0 54.4kb 54.4kb  
yellow open systemlog-2020.03.10 c8lhzY4LTH6-leGW4mFQ6w 1 1 3138 0 1.4mb 1.4mb  
green open .security-7 O-MxIJ\_MTyid5Rp0X\_KeWw 1 0 49 0 108.1kb 108.1kb  
yellow open auditlog-2020.03.09 n0eTboxMSgG6c6M2qU0eqg 1 1 58946 0 21.4mb 21.4mb  
green open .kibana\_task\_manager\_1 Fyc4SuK7Rw-gCjK744Uyew 1 0 2 2 20.1kb 20.1kb  
green open .apm-agent-configuration u3Y\_tUH\_QkCsVsCTfClB7A 1 0 0 0 283b 283b  
yellow open systemlog-2020.03.09 4IU4p\_icQcuvA6SGkY1KNA 1 1 43918 0 8.3mb 8.3mb  
green open .kibana\_1 1IYbcSHWQ6SD611P-fNQow 1 0 6 0 31.7kb 31.7kb  
yellow open auditlog-2020.03.10 G7D74ZLDSNa4HwNfjkVY7w 1 1 540 0 172kb 172kb  
yellow open auditlog-2020.03.11 TM1aXlU8T0mczO-5jfVniA 1 1 190 0 65kb 65kb

Curator config file: config.yml file

* * *

client:  
hosts:  
- 127.0.0.1  
port: 9200  
url\_prefix:  
use\_ssl: True  
certificate: /etc/elasticsearch/certs/elastic-certificates.p12  
client\_cert:  
client\_key:  
ssl\_no\_validate: False  
http\_auth: elastic:changeme  
timeout: 30  
master\_only: False

logging:  
loglevel: DEBUG  
logfile:  
logformat: default  
blacklist: ['elasticsearch', 'urllib3']

* * *

Action file: action\_file.yml

* * *

actions:  
1:  
action: delete\_indices  
description:  
options:  
ignore\_empty\_list: True  
disable\_action: False  
filters:  
- filtertype: pattern  
kind: prefix  
value: systemlog-  
- filtertype: age  
source: name  
direction: older  
timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'  
unit: days  
unit\_count: 2

Kindly review my yml files and let me know what changes are required to delete indices.  
Currently, I'm unable to delete systelog-\* indices.

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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:** [April 8, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-old-elasticsearch-indexes-tls-auth-enabled-for-elasticsearch-using-curator/223069/2 "2020-04-08T08:22:20Z")

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Closed on April 8, 2020, 8:22am UTC

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