# Index template is not visible in ilm

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-is-not-visible-in-ilm/205799>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-is-not-visible-in-ilm/205799 "2019-10-30T07:00:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![deepak\_deore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@deepak\_deore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deepak_deore)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-is-not-visible-in-ilm/205799/1 "2019-10-30T07:00:55Z")

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Kibana shows .logstash-management template

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/2/9244b2990091876e560c3310bb6bacaa7810b65b.png)

but "Add policy to index template" option under "Index Lifecycle Policies" doesn't show this index

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/f/df83d510c6b284311b8d1eeed9b0a2a52c70b30d.png)

I want to apply the policy to the .logstash\* indices, what could be the issue the template doesn't appear on the ui?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-is-not-visible-in-ilm/205799/2 "2019-11-18T16:09:25Z")

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My first idea would be that there are no indices with that template, hence why it doesn't show in the list.

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**Author:** ![deepak\_deore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@deepak\_deore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deepak_deore)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-is-not-visible-in-ilm/205799/3 "2019-11-22T09:39:42Z")

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i created new template that matches the logstash index\_patterns as given in [http://blog.ehrnhoefer.com/2019-05-04-elasticsearch-index-lifecycle-management/](http://blog.ehrnhoefer.com/2019-05-04-elasticsearch-index-lifecycle-management/), now this template is showing in the list

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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:** [December 20, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-is-not-visible-in-ilm/205799/4 "2019-12-20T09:39:45Z")

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