# ILM Rotate on Midnight

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [August 22, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279 "2019-08-22T09:06:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279/1 "2019-08-22T09:06:41Z")

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Hi ES-Team!

Is there now a possability to rotate on a specific time of the day. The most ideal would be that my indices rotate on a dayli basis on MIDNIGHT. ref to [Lifecycle Management rotate on a daily basis](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-management-rotate-on-a-daily-basis/174263)

Thx

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**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279/2 "2019-09-16T05:35:35Z")

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Does no one rotate on a daily basis? Really? What is the strategy in the community?

Is there no official documentation how to set rotation strategies to rotate on a specific time?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279/3 "2019-09-16T06:16:01Z")

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The whole point of using rollover is to allow indices to roll over based on size and/or age, which goes against specifying a time. If you want your indices to roll over at a specific time then set your index names accordingly and do not use rollover.

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**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279/4 "2019-09-16T06:27:18Z")

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@Christian_Dahlqvist ok i see. Thx. But can i use the deletion ILM function on indices not created with the rollover feature?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279/5 "2019-09-16T07:00:05Z")

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Yes, using rollover should be optional.

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**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279/6 "2019-09-16T07:01:34Z")

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Thx, then i create it based on a template and only use the delete phase.

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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:** [October 14, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-rotate-on-midnight/196279/7 "2019-10-14T07:02:12Z")

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