# How to avoid daily creation of .monitoring system indices (v7.14)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-daily-creation-of-monitoring-system-indices-v7-14/285998
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring
**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-daily-creation-of-monitoring-system-indices-v7-14/285998 "2021-10-06T09:01:41Z")
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### Author:  [@prat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prat)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-daily-creation-of-monitoring-system-indices-v7-14/285998/1 "2021-10-06T09:01:41Z")
Hi All,
I see daily system indices (.monitoring...) getting created. How can we avoid creation of these indices daily and instead create them on monthly basis.
I am aware of ILM and using it for application indices to rollover based on some condition.
```auto
green open .monitoring-es-7-2021.10.01 SAO_SkHbSxmqT0YUSQw 1 0 626178 181374 304.9mb 304.9mb
green open .monitoring-es-7-2021.10.03 FGVARsvWmZb9N_lQ7Vw 1 0 624380 181460 305.2mb 305.2mb
green open .monitoring-es-7-2021.10.02 nbHdeGWgQHHLOom3aA 1 0 625650 181890 304.3mb 304.3mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.05 tVK2B5hG6HY0hkFTkOw 1 0 17278 0 2.6mb 2.6mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.04 xvYEyR9aTHfTbp0dIjg 1 0 17280 0 2.7mb 2.7mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.03 hyI8qT3m5qwhNqh-Lgg 1 0 17278 0 2.6mb 2.6mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.02 bMYpHICzQJROBW2ylgQ 1 0 17280 0 2.6mb 2.6mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.01 amPxFHlagpLOFA8DU8g 1 0 17280 0 2.7mb 2.7mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.06 Ci1sGNHKRrij_dvXT3Q 1 0 5556 0 1009.3kb 1009.3kb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.09.30 0gZH3uRbTI25d_mnRMw 1 0 17278 0 2.6mb 2.6mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.02 HFS4YT6YTVuuA4VWARQ 1 0 1001660 0 83.9mb 83.9mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.01 a4-Gch4ZQvCE69VNLWw 1 0 1001776 0 84mb 84mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.06 vChEl446QI_zM7LwNuw 1 0 322132 0 29.4mb 29.4mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.05 EeeOKxrCS9KUfn4QeeSQ 1 0 1001776 0 84.2mb 84.2mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.04 d7FIrIl5Ry2AGlplw2og 1 0 1001660 0 84.1mb 84.1mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.03 ML8o7Ay-Qpnupq4mTYA 1 0 1001776 0 84mb 84mb
green open .monitoring-es-7-2021.09.30 zSBX2-3oQNCFzf2JrRRg 1 0 600528 143600 289.7mb 289.7mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.09.30 0CvqSmj_T7aw_td1SOQ 1 0 1001660 0 84.4mb 84.4mb
green open .monitoring-es-7-2021.10.05 T7oViKrCQmekVNoQIXzw 1 0 625914 181632 306.5mb 306.5mb
green open .monitoring-es-7-2021.10.04 KOAaguTkTS25-xaCReZw 1 0 625562 181976 305.8mb 305.8mb
green open .monitoring-es-7-2021.10.06 Ldwc1RH2Q-SjXNHJow 1 0 201444 239638 119.4mb 119.4mb
```
for `beats` indices i have configured like below in `logstash.conf`, so they are getting created monthly.
`/etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf`
```auto
.
.
.
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts => ['http://10.10.10.242:9200']
index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM}"
user => elastic
password => "${es_pwd}"
}
}
```
```auto
yellow open filebeat-7.14.0-2021.09 BY-6ohQuuEpTYc0JOrg 1 1 5561027 0 1.2gb 1.2gb
yellow open filebeat-7.14.0-2021.10 7lgIaIwQTWGePj80_UQ 1 1 302390 0 98.6mb 98.6mb
yellow open heartbeat-7.14.0-2021.09 EfiKRgjOSxuMFgGx9iw 1 1 922396 0 472.3mb 472.3mb
yellow open metricbeat-7.14.0-2021.09 OD-HNSAaT-qCoK3z2LA 1 1 2648148 0 1.9gb 1.9gb
yellow open heartbeat-7.14.0-2021.10 weD-2RRFTNHbAwj2uBg 1 1 462654 0 452.1mb 452.1mb
yellow open metricbeat-7.14.0-2021.10 hCG-_J7gSrGQdl3YSRg 1 1 1260879 0 1gb 1gb
```
how can we do these for .monitoring indices?
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@prat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prat)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-daily-creation-of-monitoring-system-indices-v7-14/285998/2 "2021-10-06T09:04:54Z")
I just noticed at any time there are only 7 such indices. So the older one are getting automatically deleted.
```auto
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.05 tVK2B5zfRhY0hkFTkOw 1 0 17278 0 2.6mb 2.6mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.04 xvY0ZPEaTHfTbp0dIjg 1 0 17280 0 2.7mb 2.7mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.03 hyIp368m5qwhNqh-Lgg 1 0 17278 0 2.6mb 2.6mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.02 bMYpHIJKzoROBW2ylgQ 1 0 17280 0 2.6mb 2.6mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.01 amPxFHcagpLOFA8DU8g 1 0 17280 0 2.7mb 2.7mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.10.06 Ci1sGNrij_dvz83XT3Q 1 0 5556 0 1mb 1mb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2021.09.30 0gZH3uI2Lsg5d_mnRMw 1 0 17278 0 2.6mb 2.6mb
```
```auto
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.02 HFS4YTVu4jquA4VWARQ 1 0 1001660 0 83.9mb 83.9mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.01 a4-4ZQvGEACE69VNLWw 1 0 1001776 0 84mb 84mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.06 vChE6QImNC_zM7LwNuw 1 0 322132 0 30.8mb 30.8mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.05 EeerCS9K_4Ufn4QeeSQ 1 0 1001776 0 84.2mb 84.2mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.04 d7FIrRy2AG5elplw2og 1 0 1001660 0 84.1mb 84.1mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.10.03 MLAy-QVOTpnupq4mTYA 1 0 1001776 0 84mb 84mb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2021.09.30 0Cvj_T7aw1_tddP1SOQ 1 0 1001660 0 84.4mb 84.4mb
```
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2021, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-daily-creation-of-monitoring-system-indices-v7-14/285998/3 "2021-10-06T10:12:09Z")
Yes. That's how it works by default. 7 days of monitoring data. So there's no need to change the default naming IMO.
In case you want to change something, you should read from [How monitoring works | Elasticsearch Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/how-monitoring-works.html)
If something is unclear, please tell which method you are using to monitor your cluster, from the legacy to the newest one.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-daily-creation-of-monitoring-system-indices-v7-14/285998/4 "2021-11-03T10:13:09Z")
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