# ES Index Management through UI?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645 "2019-02-23T05:02:43Z")
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### Author: ![CDNxL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@CDNxL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CDNxL)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645/1 "2019-02-23T05:02:43Z")

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I've installed the OSS version of Kibana/ES, but I've loose ElasticSearch index management in the management tab UI.

So, I wonder...there are other ways (or plugins) for managing ES indexes through Kibana UI? (delete, edit, view and more)

Thanks.

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645/2 "2019-02-23T05:51:56Z")

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Do you mean index lifecycle management?

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### Author: ![CDNxL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@CDNxL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CDNxL)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645/3 "2019-02-23T06:10:45Z")

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I mean this tab:  
 ![](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/images/management-index-management.png)  
But doesn't exist in the OSS version, I see only Index Patterns of Kibana.

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645/4 "2019-02-23T08:08:56Z")

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That is correct. ILM and a lot of other features require the default distribution. Why are you installing the OSS distribution over the default one? I am not aware of any other plugins that offer that functionality.

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### Author: ![CDNxL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@CDNxL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CDNxL)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645/5 "2019-02-23T17:12:35Z")

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Good question, I think because I've installed a security plugin that requires x-pack to be disabled and because I don't need all of the features of the default distribution, but only this one.

I wonder, why an end user should use the oss if the default one has the same features and more?

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645/6 "2019-02-24T04:31:45Z")

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Usually due to internal licensing requirements, or personal preference.

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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: [March 24, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-management-through-ui/169645/7 "2019-03-24T04:31:47Z")

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