# Index creation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creation/198376>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 6, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creation/198376 "2019-09-06T08:51:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kadiveti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kadiveti/32/79949_2.png) [@kadiveti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kadiveti)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creation/198376/1 "2019-09-06T08:51:48Z")

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Hello,

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What could be the best practice in creating index in elastic search.

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For example if I have an application which consits of jobss,Apache,wildfly, server.

Can I create the index like Applicationname\_jboss like this.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creation/198376/2 "2019-09-06T09:03:04Z")

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Welcome.

> Can I create the index like Applicationname\_jboss like this.

Yes. Not sure what your question is really about though.

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**Author:** ![kadiveti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kadiveti/32/79949_2.png) [@kadiveti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kadiveti)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creation/198376/3 "2019-09-08T15:50:23Z")

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Want to know is there any standard naming configuration for indices.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creation/198376/4 "2019-09-08T16:27:50Z")

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Not really. The only "standard" I know are for hidden indices which are starting with a dot and time based indices which are ending with a date.

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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 6, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creation/198376/5 "2019-10-06T16:35:22Z")

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Closed on October 6, 2019, 4:35pm UTC

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