# Lifecycle Policy

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/276454
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management
**Created:** [June 20, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/276454 "2021-06-20T07:52:07Z")
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### Author: ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/276454/1 "2021-06-20T07:52:07Z")

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Hi  
I want to create an index lifecycle policy according to bellow page:

> **[Tutorial: Automate rollover with ILM | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-index-lifecycle-management.html)**

I created an lifecycle with name `loglife-policy` and an `index template` with these settings:

```auto
{
  "index": {
    "lifecycle": {
      "name": "loglife-policy",
      "rollover_alias": "log-life"
    },
    "number_of_shards": "1",
    "number_of_replicas": "3"
  }
}

```

I'm stuck with `alias` and 3phases(hot,warm,cold)  
How should I define `alias` and these phases?!?

Thanks in advance

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### Author: ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/276454/2 "2021-06-20T08:27:13Z")

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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: [July 18, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lifecycle-policy/276454/3 "2021-07-18T08:28:05Z")

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