# Issue with ILM

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-ilm/264035>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-ilm/264035 "2021-02-11T16:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesp220291](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jamesp220291](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamesp220291)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-ilm/264035/1 "2021-02-11T16:13:33Z")

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Hi

i am having an issue with iLM

there error is -

```auto
`> illegal_argument_exception: index.lifecycle.rollover_alias [filebeat] does not point to index [filebeat-test-2021.02.11-000001]`

```

Logstash settings -

```auto
 elasticsearch {
    hosts => ["${ES_HOST}"]
    user => "${ES_USER}"
    password => "${ES_PASSWORD}"
    ilm_enabled => "true"
    ilm_rollover_alias => "filebeat-test"
    ilm_policy => "filebeat"
    index => "filebeat-test-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
  }

```

For some reason its not applying the alias in the index settings

```auto
    {
      "settings": {
        "index": {
          "lifecycle": {
            "name": "filebeat",
            "rollover_alias": "filebeat"
          },

```

rollover alias should be filebeat-test

can anyone see where im going wrong`?

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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:** [March 11, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-ilm/264035/2 "2021-03-11T16:14:16Z")

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