# Lifecycle policy **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [June 21, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795 "2019-06-21T04:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/1 "2019-06-21T04:43:21Z")
when first start metricbeat system the lifecycle policy is made automatically i want to know how to make lifecycle policy in my setting not just automatically ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/2 "2019-06-21T05:47:52Z")
Hi @Min_Mah You got several options. ## modify That what you have now is a Index life cycle management which gets configured and created with all what you need by metricbeat. It is possible to modify the created Lifecycle in Kibana. [manage created lifecycle](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/index-lifecycle-policies.html) ## create The full setup of ILM including lifecycle policies which has been done by metricbeat, can olso be done manually. That is under elasticsearch find [create ilm](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-index-lifecycle-management.html) ## just define your own policy You can also let metricbeat setup everything the index lifecycle management, but define your own policy under a file: [json file for policy](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/7.1/ilm.html#setup-ilm-policy_file-option) Let me know if this helped you =) ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/3 "2019-06-21T06:38:54Z")
can i ask something more?? ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/4 "2019-06-21T06:50:18Z")
Yeah sure =) ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/5 "2019-06-21T07:04:34Z")
Thanks, i just change metricbeat index like this ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/4/c4735ce51b9abcb3dc3767f965cf800c07554403.png) and now i have to setup dashboards to kibana so i type > metricbeat setup but dashboards follow default index ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/0/200ea138a6f7bf7f1e985f011d45bf3828adb1bc.png) automatically make new index but it is default index name not mine. so i think i have to change more in metricbeat.yml so i tried this ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/b/2b8e508a82045956721df1a99b3ecdfbc06fa59b.png) but.. it doesn't work for me which point i have to change?? ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/6 "2019-06-21T07:28:52Z")
Please try to paste config parts as string and not as image. It is easier for readers to copy parts out of it and find it via browser search =) If you go on a dashboard, are they pointing to the indexpattern which you have set with `setup.dashboards.index` ? Did you create the "systeminfo-\*" index pattern in Kibana ? I think you have to set the id same as the indexpattern name. Thank you for answering both questions. ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/7 "2019-06-21T07:48:53Z")
Thanks for reply. in my metricbeat.yml only i was edit > #============================== Kibana ===================================== > setup.kibana: > > host: "192.168.0.88:5601" > setup.dashboards.index: "systeminfo-\*" > > #-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------ > output.elasticsearch: > hosts: ["192.168.0.88:9200"] > > setup.ilm.enabled: auto > setup.ilm.rollover\_alias: "systeminfo" > setup.ilm.pattern: "000001" > setup.ilm.policy\_name: "SystemInfo" yes i was create systeminfo-\* in kibana index pattern ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/8 "2019-06-21T07:57:50Z")
I think the dashboard is not working? Can you send me a printscrren of the error shown on dashbaord ? ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/9 "2019-06-21T08:02:18Z")
Okey!! Info -1. i have only 1 index ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/f/cf26dd9da7605ab14af5d819b6fdaf54868e0a13.png) Info -2. when i was type metricbeat setup - then kibana index automatically make (metricbeat-_) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/4/6410bbe16bb4469426f235e5adc14f78c93ecb5c.png) Info -3.after setup dashboard follows index - metricbeat-_ not systeminfo-\* this is dashboard screen ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/9/f90f43c95d14c5526573e866e06146571fd8b31c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/10 "2019-06-21T08:09:59Z")
they want to connect index-pattern -\> metricbeat-\* ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/2/82c581c8033e414ae999487622dab9a50bcc7e75.png) ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/11 "2019-06-21T08:18:22Z")
Ok you got actually 2 errors. Your visualisations are also pointing to the old index. did you try deleting all visualisations and dashboards from metricbeat and runnning the `metricbeat setup --dashboards` ? because the setting `setup.dashboards.index`should be enough to point to the correct index-pattern Then check if the index is pointed correctly. You would have need to create a new index-pattern in kibana which is pointing to systembeat-\* with systembeat-\* as id. You can provide a custom id during the index-pattern creation. The other error which you have seems to be a permission error. If you still have that error then try this [discuss matter](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-the-aggregations-key-is-missing-from-the-response-error/147717) Hope this helps ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/12 "2019-06-21T08:25:52Z")
I was delete all visualization and dashboards then metricbeat setup --dashboards but it doesnt' work.. Thanks for helps ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/13 "2019-06-21T08:29:53Z")
can you provide the .yml file? (only not commented lines) ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/14 "2019-06-21T08:36:17Z")
only not commented thing is just this > #========================== Modules configuration ============================ > metricbeat.config.modules: > path: ${path.config}/modules.d/\*.yml > > reload.enabled: false > > #==================== Elasticsearch template setting ========================== > setup.template.settings: > index.number\_of\_shards: 1 > index.codec: best\_compression > > #================================ Processors ===================================== > > processors: > > - add\_host\_metadata: ~ > - add\_cloud\_metadata: ~ ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/15 "2019-06-21T08:44:34Z")
hmmmm, where is the setting `setup.dashboards.index` ? I tried it with filebeat with the following yml file and it works for me: > #=========================== Filebeat inputs ============================= > filebeat.inputs: > type: log > enabled: true > paths: > /var/log/\*.log > > #============================= Filebeat modules =============================== > > filebeat.config.modules: > path: ${path.config}/modules.d/_.yml > reload.enabled: false > #============================== Kibana ===================================== > setup.kibana.host: "localhost:5601" > setup.dashboards.index: "testbeat-_" > #-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------ > output.elasticsearch: > hosts: ["localhost:9200"] > > #================================ Processors ===================================== > processors: > add\_host\_metadata: ~ > add\_cloud\_metadata: ~ ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/16 "2019-06-21T08:49:43Z")
setup.dashboards.index is here in metricbeat.yml > #============================== Kibana ===================================== > setup.kibana: > host: "192.168.0.88:5601" > > setup.dashboards.index: "systeminfo-\*" ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/17 "2019-06-21T09:04:57Z")
Try running from the following command from metricbeat server. > sudo metricbeat setup --dashboards -E 'setup.dashboards.index="systeminfo-\*"' ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/18 "2019-06-21T09:11:21Z")
wow... it works!!!! 🙂 you are so great!! visualize follow index id : systeminfo-\* ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/7/4764c14da97f6c325e35869dfc3a9348e62ec95d.png) just 1 error. kibana index is also make as you can see that metricbeat-\* index pattern is made by setup command but that index pattern can't follow anything.. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/7/170e5ac69ce3694ef6cbdcdabbdb98d5f5f5e7bc.png) ---
**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/19 "2019-06-21T09:13:07Z")
Nice =) Dashboards working as well ? ---
**Author:** ![Min\_Mah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/min_mah/32/46757_2.png) [@Min\_Mah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Min_Mah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795/20 "2019-06-21T09:16:33Z")
yesss i have to try more. when i'm just using only system metricbeat it working good!!!! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/4/f45d0b29de4bb8aa02fb644063a4be10b5042363.png) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/186795.md?page=2)