I have the same error. @dakrone the indices are being created by Metricbeat. The template does not contain an alias:
{
"metricbeat-6.6.0": {
"order": 0,
"index_patterns": [
"metricbeat-6.6.0*"
],
"settings": {
"index": {
"lifecycle": {
"name": "Metricbeat"
}
}
},
"mappings": {},
"aliases": {}
}
}