# ILM policy and default alias name

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-policy-and-default-alias-name/204234>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 18, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-policy-and-default-alias-name/204234 "2019-10-18T14:01:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-policy-and-default-alias-name/204234/1 "2019-10-18T14:01:46Z")

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If I setup policy only for roll over  
what will be the default rollover index name will be?

my\_original\_index-00001 ?

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-policy-and-default-alias-name/204234/2 "2019-10-18T16:07:32Z")

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alias for rollover index? what should I put there.  
what if I leave that blank? will it create automatic alias. which I don't want

because I have index template "my\_original\_index-\*" which will cover everything

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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:** [November 15, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-policy-and-default-alias-name/204234/3 "2019-11-15T16:07:38Z")

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