# I just want a simple ILM rollover policy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-just-want-a-simple-ilm-rollover-policy/175269>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [April 3, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-just-want-a-simple-ilm-rollover-policy/175269 "2019-04-03T19:13:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-just-want-a-simple-ilm-rollover-policy/175269/2 "2019-04-03T19:16:31Z")

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I already got the error:

> X Index lifecycle error
> 
> illegal\_argument\_exception: setting [index.lifecycle.rollover\_alias] for index [my-index-2019.04.03-000002] is empty or not defined

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