# Elastic does not perform rollover automatically

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-does-not-perform-rollover-automatically/261395>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [January 18, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-does-not-perform-rollover-automatically/261395 "2021-01-18T08:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![borna\_talebi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/borna_talebi/32/76317_2.png) [@borna\_talebi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/borna_talebi)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-does-not-perform-rollover-automatically/261395/4 "2021-01-18T12:13:59Z")

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I think you should create the initial index [manually](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ilm/196217/4).

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