# Elasticsearch Docker internal indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-docker-internal-indexes/160368>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [December 11, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-docker-internal-indexes/160368 "2018-12-11T11:55:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![s0r1n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/s0r1n/32/38302_2.png) [@s0r1n](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s0r1n)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-docker-internal-indexes/160368/1 "2018-12-11T11:55:58Z")

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The Elasticsearch Docker container ([https://hub.docker.com/\_/elasticsearch/](https://hub.docker.com/_/elasticsearch/)) generates specific indexes like:  
_.watches_  
_.triggered\_watches_  
_.monitoring-alerts-6_  
_.watcher-history-6-[date] ( .watcher-history-6-2018.12.11, .watcher-history-6-2018.12.12...)_  
_.monitoring-es-6-[date] (.monitoring-es-6--2018.12.11, .monitoring-es-6-2018.12.12...)_

On a non-docker installation they weren't generated. How is possible to avoid them?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-docker-internal-indexes/160368/2 "2018-12-11T12:21:17Z")

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You can disable monitoring and alerting features if you don't want to use them.

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**Author:** ![s0r1n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/s0r1n/32/38302_2.png) [@s0r1n](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s0r1n)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-docker-internal-indexes/160368/3 "2018-12-11T12:56:30Z")

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Thanks! It seems the following setup disables monitoring:

```
  elasticsearch:
    ...
      environment:
      - xpack.monitoring.enabled=false
```

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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:** [January 8, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-docker-internal-indexes/160368/4 "2019-01-08T12:56:36Z")

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