ILM deleted after run

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1

I've created an ILM that deletes data after x days.

PUT idx*/_settings
{
  "index": {
    "lifecycle": {
      "name": "x-days-policy"
    }
  }
}

The data gets deleted only once and then the ILM is removed.

GET idx/_ilm/explain

{
  "indices" : {
    "idx" : {
      "index" : "idx",
      "managed" : false
      }
    }
}

I want it to work forever of course and not put the ILM manually every time.
How can I set an ILM on an index so that it stays there forever?

2

You need to set it on the template of your index, are you using templates for your index?

3

Dont think so. Ill try and start over with creating the indices based on templates. In kibana there does not seem to be a way to create index through gui so I ended up doing "PUT /myindex"