# Index template and ilm conflict **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [March 2, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729 "2020-03-02T16:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chersko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chersko/32/46457_2.png) [@chersko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chersko)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729/1 "2020-03-02T16:26:56Z")
I have the following in my `metricbeat.yml` "template" setup.template.enabled: true setup.template.name: "metrics\_index\_template" setup.template.pattern: "metrics-\*" setup.template.fields: "fields.yml" setup.template.overwrite: false "ILM" setup.ilm.enabled: true setup.ilm.pattern: "{now/d}-000001" setup.ilm.policy\_name: "metrics-ilm-policy" setup.ilm.check\_exists: true setup.ilm.overwrite: false the behavior I expect is an Index Template named "metrics\_index\_template" and indices named "metrics-{date}-{number}" attached to an ILM policy named "metrics-ilm-policy". but this is not the behavior I get. ---
**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729/2 "2020-03-02T18:04:33Z")
Hey @chersko, > [@chersko](#): > > the behavior I expect is an Index Template named "metrics\_index\_template" and indices named "metrics-{date}-{number}" attached to an ILM policy named "metrics-ilm-policy". > but this is not the behavior I get. What behaviour are you getting? Do some things work and others don't? To change the index and aliases names you would also need to set `setup.ilm.rollover_alias: metrics`. Also take into account that every time you change these settings you may need to run setup again, and you are not overwriting existing configuration (`setup.ilm.overwrite: false`). ---
**Author:** ![chersko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chersko/32/46457_2.png) [@chersko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chersko)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729/3 "2020-03-03T03:03:22Z")
the behaviour I'm getting is a index template named `metricbeat-7.6.0` and indices named `metricbeat-7.6.0-2020.03.03-000001` ---
**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729/4 "2020-03-03T18:33:42Z")
Have you tried to modify `setup.ilm.rollover_alias`? ---
**Author:** ![chersko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chersko/32/46457_2.png) [@chersko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chersko)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729/5 "2020-03-04T15:57:18Z")
yes when i modify `setup.ilm.rollover_alias: "metrics"`, the result i get is a index template named metrics which is not what i want what i want is a index template named `metrics_index_template` thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729/6 "2020-03-04T16:04:29Z")
What if you use this name for the rollover alias configuration? ```auto setup.ilm.rollover_alias: metrics_index_template ``` Or with version: ```auto setup.ilm.rollover_alias: "metrics_index_template-%{[agent.version]}" ``` In any case changing index and template names is complicated and error-prone, I wonder what is your use case to need this renamings. ---
**Author:** ![chersko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chersko/32/46457_2.png) [@chersko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chersko)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729/7 "2020-03-04T16:47:40Z")
the result when I edit my config to ```auto setup.ilm.rollover_alias: "metrics_index_template" ``` is an index template named `metrics_index_template` and indices named `metrics_index_template-{date}-{number}`. I guess once ilm is enabled index template settings has no input on the naming scheme the reason I wanted to setup accordingly is that I have a lot of visualizations setup this way ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-and-ilm-conflict/221729/8 "2020-04-01T16:47:43Z")
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