# Index alias with sliding time window **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 23, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-with-sliding-time-window/22822 "2015-03-23T12:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gorge\_Albrecht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Gorge\_Albrecht](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gorge_Albrecht)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-with-sliding-time-window/22822/1 "2015-03-23T12:57:30Z")
Hi, when using ELK with standard configuration an new logstash index is created every day. Is there a possibility to create an alias, say "last-week" which always covers the last 7 days? I found several places within the ES docs where aliases like "last\_3\_month" or "current\_day" are used in index templates. But I don't get how to you use these for a sliding time window. Thanks in advance, Görge -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/daef90c2-cad2-4387-9c0b-359fbb6794bf%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/daef90c2-cad2-4387-9c0b-359fbb6794bf%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-with-sliding-time-window/22822/2 "2015-03-23T19:43:54Z")
You just need to add them yourself, it's not an automatic process. Use something like Elasticsearch Curator ( [GitHub - elastic/curator: Curator: Tending your Elasticsearch indices](https://github.com/elasticsearch/curator)). On 23 March 2015 at 23:57, Görge Albrecht [goerge.albrecht@gmail.com](mailto:goerge.albrecht@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > when using ELK with standard configuration an new logstash index is > created every day. > Is there a possibility to create an alias, say "last-week" which always > covers the last 7 days? > > I found several places within the ES docs where aliases like > "last\_3\_month" or "current\_day" are used in index templates. > But I don't get how to you use these for a sliding time window. > > Thanks in advance, > Görge > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/daef90c2-cad2-4387-9c0b-359fbb6794bf%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/daef90c2-cad2-4387-9c0b-359fbb6794bf%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/daef90c2-cad2-4387-9c0b-359fbb6794bf%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/daef90c2-cad2-4387-9c0b-359fbb6794bf%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X-bv7oStPCOiG2G9TUJq-h2x-\_av-%3DBeF\_-b9aWUJQdaw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X-bv7oStPCOiG2G9TUJq-h2x-_av-%3DBeF_-b9aWUJQdaw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-with-sliding-time-window/22822/3 "2017-07-06T00:24:43Z")