# Index Management of beats

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-management-of-beats/223596>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 14, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-management-of-beats/223596 "2020-03-14T02:42:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![vbala21712](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/96bed5/32.png) [@vbala21712](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vbala21712)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-management-of-beats/223596/1 "2020-03-14T02:42:58Z")

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HI All,

I am new to ELK. I want to create weekly basis index for each beats. is the below mentioned is good or do I needs to change here anaything?

username: "{ES\_USR}" password: "{ES\_PWD}"  
index: "packetbeat-%{+xxxx.ww}"  
setup.template.name: "packetbeat"  
setup.template.pattern: "packetbeat-\*"

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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:** [April 11, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-management-of-beats/223596/2 "2020-04-11T02:46:47Z")

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