Dynamic alias remapping for newly created index

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When I create the following alias, it maps currently available indexes like apps-2019.09.11, apps-2019.09.12

curl -XPOST  'localhost:9200/_aliases' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
{
    "actions" : [
        { "add" : { "index" : "apps*", "alias" : "backend_apps" } }
    ]
}
'

-XGET "http://localhost:9200/_cat/aliases"
java_apps        apps-2019.09.11            - - -
java_apps        apps-2019.09.12            - - -

When the new index gets created e.g. apps-2019.09.13, the alias doesn't map to it automatically.
So, if I run the above POST query the second time, it solves the problem.

Question: is there any option to make alias gets mapped automatically to newly created indexes based on pattern apps*

I obviously could do this via script/cron/daemonset, but wondering if there is a native option.

Thank you in advance!

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Add the alias to your index template and it will be added when the index is created.

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