# Index.lifecycle.rollover\_alias \[filebeat-7.8.0\] does not point to index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-rollover-alias-filebeat-7-8-0-does-not-point-to-index/245642>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-rollover-alias-filebeat-7-8-0-does-not-point-to-index/245642 "2020-08-19T15:44:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![thomas7467](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@thomas7467](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomas7467)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-rollover-alias-filebeat-7-8-0-does-not-point-to-index/245642/1 "2020-08-19T15:44:26Z")

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Hi All,

I've the following errors il eleastic log files for the indexes Lifecycle Management for the indexes and don't know how to solve them...  
Could someone give me some clues?

Thanks,

`*java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: index.lifecycle.rollover_alias [filebeat-7.8.0] does not point to index [filebeat-7.8.0-2020.08.11]* *[2020-08-19T14:15:33,759][ERROR][o.e.x.i.IndexLifecycleRunner] [elastic04] policy [filebeat] for index [filebeat-7.8.0-2020.07.31] failed on step [{"phase":"hot","action":"rollover","name":"check-rollover-ready"}]. Moving to ERROR step* `

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**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:** [August 19, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-rollover-alias-filebeat-7-8-0-does-not-point-to-index/245642/2 "2020-08-19T23:04:35Z")

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Please share your policy and template.

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**Author:** ![thomas7467](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@thomas7467](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomas7467)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-rollover-alias-filebeat-7-8-0-does-not-point-to-index/245642/3 "2020-08-20T06:59:09Z")

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Hi Mark,

For the policy :

PUT \_ilm/policy/filebeat  
{  
"policy": {  
"phases": {  
"hot": {  
"min\_age": "0ms",  
"actions": {  
"rollover": {  
"max\_age": "30d",  
"max\_size": "50gb"  
},  
"set\_priority": {  
"priority": null  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

For the index pattern: filebeat-7.8.0-\* linked to ILM Policy filebeat

Index Template Name : filebeat-7.8.0

Head of filebeat-7.8.0 settings:  
{  
"index": {  
"lifecycle": {  
"name": "filebeat",  
"rollover\_alias": "filebeat-7.8.0"  
},  
"mapping": {  
"total\_fields": {  
"limit": "10000"  
}  
},  
"refresh\_interval": "5s",  
"number\_of\_shards": "1",  
"query": {  
"default\_field": [  
"message", etc

Hope this can help,

BR  
Thomas

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**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:** [September 3, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-rollover-alias-filebeat-7-8-0-does-not-point-to-index/245642/4 "2020-09-03T23:52:41Z")

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Just make sure you bootstrap your first index - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-index-lifecycle-management.html#ilm-gs-alias-bootstrap](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-index-lifecycle-management.html#ilm-gs-alias-bootstrap)

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**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:** [October 1, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-rollover-alias-filebeat-7-8-0-does-not-point-to-index/245642/6 "2020-10-01T06:23:56Z")

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Please start your own topic 🙂

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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 29, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-rollover-alias-filebeat-7-8-0-does-not-point-to-index/245642/7 "2020-10-29T06:23:58Z")

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