# How to Implement ILM on a Fixed Index?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-implement-ilm-on-a-fixed-index/351493
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management
**Created:** [January 21, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-implement-ilm-on-a-fixed-index/351493 "2024-01-21T05:45:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@vnajUWni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vnajUWni)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-implement-ilm-on-a-fixed-index/351493/1 "2024-01-21T05:45:41Z")
I am currently using the elasticsearch-logger plugin from APISIX ([GitHub - apache/apisix: The Cloud-Native API Gateway](https://github.com/apache/apisix)) to write logs to Elasticsearch. However, this plugin does not support creating new index by date and can only use a fixed value, like "apisix\_log". In addition, the plugin writes to an alias named "apisix". I have searched extensively online and even consulted ChatGPT 4, but have yet to resolve my issue. Therefore, I'm turning to the [discuss.elastic.co](http://discuss.elastic.co) community for assistance. How should I implement ILM in this situation?
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-implement-ilm-on-a-fixed-index/351493/2 "2024-01-21T08:49:04Z")
I would recommend you [create a rollover index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.12/ilm-rollover.html) with a write alias named `apisix`. Your plugin will index into this write alias and you then set up ILM to rollover the index and delete old indices.
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### Author:  [@vnajUWni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vnajUWni)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-implement-ilm-on-a-fixed-index/351493/4 "2024-01-21T12:12:07Z")
> [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](#):
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> I would recommend you [create a rollover index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.12/ilm-rollover.html) with a write alias named `apisix`. Your plugin will index into this write alias and you then set up ILM to rollover the index and delete old indices.
Thank you for your response. I was able to solve the problem based on your suggestions.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-implement-ilm-on-a-fixed-index/351493/5 "2024-02-18T12:12:52Z")
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