# Is ILM (index lifecycle management) supported in Elassticsearch-OSS？

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-ilm-index-lifecycle-management-supported-in-elassticsearch-oss/299916
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 17, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-ilm-index-lifecycle-management-supported-in-elassticsearch-oss/299916 "2022-03-17T05:35:38Z")
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### Author: ![805728578](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/805728578/32/103149_2.png) [@805728578](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/805728578)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-ilm-index-lifecycle-management-supported-in-elassticsearch-oss/299916/1 "2022-03-17T05:35:38Z")

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version: 6.8.23

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-ilm-index-lifecycle-management-supported-in-elassticsearch-oss/299916/2 "2022-03-17T05:55:19Z")

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No, it requires the default distribution and the free basic license.

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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 14, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-ilm-index-lifecycle-management-supported-in-elassticsearch-oss/299916/3 "2022-04-14T05:56:06Z")

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