# Index lifecycle policy have 0 linked indice

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policy-have-0-linked-indice/283492>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [September 7, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policy-have-0-linked-indice/283492 "2021-09-07T06:40:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![vp096](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/da6949/32.png) [@vp096](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vp096)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policy-have-0-linked-indice/283492/1 "2021-09-07T06:40:09Z")

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Hello to all,

I use logstash to send data to ElasticSeach. This data is sent with the index "aruba-mobilitymaster-logs".

On Kibana, I have created an "index template" as follows:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/9/093074d7e947c9a1c9f74f68676c6a0ce93b9882.png)

We see that the index pattern is "aruba-\*".

And I created an "index retention policy" as follows:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/1/d16334ca330d0d6078a3bca21ee95397748e01c7.png)  
and  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/5/d5b7fecfa5ca9a4619bd89c9e85425e2b5abf11c.png)

I linked my "index template" with this retention policy as you can see on the image below:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/d/adbdaa27826231b2ca0757e951f06dd9d3d9bc1c.png)

But however, the "Linked Indices" value always remains at zero for my policy and therefore this data retention rule does not apply.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/0/906fc5bbe63e6ac6f4f4e3c819a8c7adb5c7c763.png)

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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**Author:** ![vp096](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/da6949/32.png) [@vp096](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vp096)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policy-have-0-linked-indice/283492/2 "2021-09-13T06:01:59Z")

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My problem was that I had configured my ILM after adding data with Logstash. I found that you have to create the ILM first before sending data with a new index that matches this policy.

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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 11, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policy-have-0-linked-indice/283492/3 "2021-10-11T06:02:50Z")

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