# Kibana indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-indexes/226154>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-indexes/226154 "2020-04-02T05:01:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Israel\_Calvete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/israel_calvete/32/1689_2.png) [@Israel\_Calvete](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Israel_Calvete)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-indexes/226154/1 "2020-04-02T05:01:12Z")

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I'm trying figure out how backup kibana config.

My first aproach is make a dump of kibana index but...

I don't have a .kibana index. Instead I have..

- .kibana\_1
- .kibana\_2
- .kibana\_task\_manager\_1

Besides, although I can't see any index called .kibana, If I ask to elasticsearch for a index called like this, I get it.

With GET /\_cat/aliases I see .kibana is a alias of .kibana\_2

Why is that?  
(Is it because the upgrades?)

What are this indexes?  
( Same than above)

Can I consolidate these indexes in one .kibana?

Proposal:

1. delete .kibana alias
2. reindex .kibana\_2 to .kibana
3. delete .kibana\_1 (since I think is not in use)
4. delete .kibana\_task\_manager alias
5. reindex .kibana\_task\_manager\_1 to .kibana\_task\_manager

I'm running a cluster with elasticsearch + kibana 7.6.1 that has been upgraded from 6.6.8 \<- 6.6.0 \<- 5.4.x \<- 2.2.0

Thanks

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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 30, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-indexes/226154/2 "2020-04-30T05:01:13Z")

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