# Index alias chaining?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-chaining/10723
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 13, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-chaining/10723 "2013-02-13T03:34:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![otisg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/otisg/32/492_2.png) [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-chaining/10723/1 "2013-02-13T03:34:55Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to chain index aliases a la: alias1 -\> alias2 -\> alias3 -\>  
index

## Thanks, Otis

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### Author: ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-chaining/10723/2 "2013-02-13T10:53:42Z")

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On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 19:34 -0800, Otis Gospodnetic wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to chain index aliases a la: alias1 -\> alias2 -\> alias3  
> -\> index

No. An alias can only point to an index (at least currently)

clint

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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: [July 6, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-chaining/10723/3 "2017-07-06T02:51:42Z")

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