Elasticsearch API to add a lifecycle policy to an index template

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Is there a way to update an index template to add a lifecycle policy through Elasticsearch APIs (to achieve the same effect as can be done in Kibana)?

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Hi Matt,

The only way you would do this with a template is to retrieve the template with

GET /_template/my-template

Then add the index.lifecycle.name setting to what already existed in the body of the template, and then update the template

PUT /_template/my-template
{
  "settings": {
    <... the rest of your template's settings ...>
    "index.lifecycle.name": "delete-old-logs"
  }
}
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Thanks Lee - yeah, so I guess this is a bit awkward to script at present.

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