# Kibana lifecycle policy not available

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-lifecycle-policy-not-available/166982>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 4, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-lifecycle-policy-not-available/166982 "2019-02-04T15:50:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Fabrizio\_Fortino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fabrizio_fortino/32/1719_2.png) [@Fabrizio\_Fortino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fabrizio_Fortino)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-lifecycle-policy-not-available/166982/1 "2019-02-04T15:50:08Z")

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I have an Elasticsearch cluster with Kibana deployed in a Kubernetes cluster using the following helm charts:

> **[helm/charts](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/elasticsearch)**
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> Curated applications for Kubernetes. Contribute to helm/charts development by creating an account on GitHub.

  

> **[helm/charts](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/kibana)**
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> Curated applications for Kubernetes. Contribute to helm/charts development by creating an account on GitHub.

I have upgraded to the latest version of the charts based on the 6.6.0 images for both applications. I was expecting to access the "Lifecycle Policy Page" in Kibana from **Management \> Elasticsearch \> Index Lifecycle Policies** as described in the docs but I can't see anything around that (see screenshot). I have also removed the `.kibana` index from ES but nothing happened. Any idea?

 ![44](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/2/1291e3e40189e71007076ce7d6fbd3bb6dd6d976.png)

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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:** [February 4, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-lifecycle-policy-not-available/166982/2 "2019-02-04T16:12:01Z")

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It seems like these Helm charts install the OSS distribution and not the default one (which contains commercial features, some of which can be used for free with a Basic license).

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**Author:** ![Fabrizio\_Fortino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fabrizio_fortino/32/1719_2.png) [@Fabrizio\_Fortino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fabrizio_Fortino)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-lifecycle-policy-not-available/166982/3 "2019-02-04T16:21:59Z")

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Thank you! Did not know that. I will try to deploy the default distro.

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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:** [February 4, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-lifecycle-policy-not-available/166982/4 "2019-02-04T16:25:17Z")

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You need to use the same distribution for both Elasticsearch and Kibana.

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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 4, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-lifecycle-policy-not-available/166982/5 "2019-03-04T16:25:18Z")

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