# Metricbeat getting error on illegal\_argument\_exception: index.lifecycle.rollover\_alias **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [October 24, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-getting-error-on-illegal-argument-exception-index-lifecycle-rollover-alias/253206 "2020-10-24T13:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beng\_Hui\_Ong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/beng_hui_ong/32/63772_2.png) [@Beng\_Hui\_Ong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Beng_Hui_Ong)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-getting-error-on-illegal-argument-exception-index-lifecycle-rollover-alias/253206/1 "2020-10-24T13:10:23Z")
Hi folks, I keep getting this error on my metricbeat setup, and despite me shutting down and recreate all the index and policies, it will still pop up. illegal\_argument\_exception: index.lifecycle.rollover\_alias [metricbeat-7.9.2] does not point to index [metricbeat-7.9.2-2020.10.24] Any workaround ? ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-getting-error-on-illegal-argument-exception-index-lifecycle-rollover-alias/253206/2 "2020-10-26T09:25:07Z")
Hi! Can you share your Metricbeat config file? ---
**Author:** ![Beng\_Hui\_Ong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/beng_hui_ong/32/63772_2.png) [@Beng\_Hui\_Ong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Beng_Hui_Ong)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-getting-error-on-illegal-argument-exception-index-lifecycle-rollover-alias/253206/3 "2020-10-28T01:19:01Z")
Hi Chris, Here is the config ` metricbeat.config.modules: path: ${path.config}/modules.d/\*.yml reload.enabled: false setup.template.settings: index.number\_of\_shards: 1 index.codec: best\_compression setup.kibana: host: "localhost:5601" output.elasticsearch: hosts: ["172.16.1.1:9200"] processors: - add\_host\_metadata: ~ - add\_cloud\_metadata: ~ - add\_docker\_metadata: ~ - add\_kubernetes\_metadata: ~ monitoring.enabled: true monitoring.cluster\_uuid: 1SHTio1JRw2EEVDzyLhxxx monitoring.elasticsearch: hosts: ["[https://172.16.1.1:9200](https://172.16.1.1:9200)", "[https://172.16.1.2:9200](https://172.16.1.2:9200)"] setup.ilm.overwrite: true logging.metrics.enabled: false http.enabled: true ` ---
**Author:** ![Beng\_Hui\_Ong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/beng_hui_ong/32/63772_2.png) [@Beng\_Hui\_Ong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Beng_Hui_Ong)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-getting-error-on-illegal-argument-exception-index-lifecycle-rollover-alias/253206/4 "2020-10-28T01:28:26Z")
Hope this helps as well... Oct 28 09:26:56 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:56.890+0800#011INFO#011[publisher\_pipeline\_output]#011pipeline/output.go:143#011Connecting to backoff(elasticsearch([http://172.16.1.1:9200](http://172.16.1.1:9200))) Oct 28 09:26:56 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:56.890+0800#011INFO#011[publisher]#011pipeline/retry.go:219#011retryer: send unwait signal to consumer Oct 28 09:26:56 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:56.890+0800#011INFO#011[publisher]#011pipeline/retry.go:223#011 done Oct 28 09:26:56 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:56.893+0800#011INFO#011[esclientleg]#011eslegclient/connection.go:314#011Attempting to connect to Elasticsearch version 7.9.2 Oct 28 09:26:56 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:56.939+0800#011INFO#011[license]#011licenser/es\_callback.go:51#011Elasticsearch license: Basic Oct 28 09:26:56 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:56.940+0800#011INFO#011[esclientleg]#011eslegclient/connection.go:314#011Attempting to connect to Elasticsearch version 7.9.2 Oct 28 09:26:56 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:56.981+0800#011INFO#011[index-management]#011idxmgmt/std.go:261#011Auto ILM enable success. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.036+0800#011INFO#011[index-management]#011idxmgmt/std.go:274#011ILM policy successfully loaded. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.036+0800#011INFO#011[index-management]#011idxmgmt/std.go:407#011Set setup.template.name to '{metricbeat-7.9.2 {now/d}-000001}' as ILM is enabled. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.036+0800#011INFO#011[index-management]#011idxmgmt/std.go:412#011Set setup.template.pattern to 'metricbeat-7.9.2-\*' as ILM is enabled. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.036+0800#011INFO#011[index-management]#011idxmgmt/std.go:446#011Set settings.index.lifecycle.rollover\_alias in template to {metricbeat-7.9.2 {now/d}-000001} as ILM is enabled. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.036+0800#011INFO#011[index-management]#011idxmgmt/std.go:450#011Set settings.index.lifecycle.name in template to {metricbeat {"policy":{"phases":{"hot":{"actions":{"rollover":{"max\_age":"30d","max\_size":"50gb"}}}}}}} as ILM is enabled. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.037+0800#011INFO#011template/load.go:89#011Template metricbeat-7.9.2 already exists and will not be overwritten. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.038+0800#011INFO#011[index-management]#011idxmgmt/std.go:298#011Loaded index template. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.038+0800#011INFO#011[index-management]#011idxmgmt/std.go:309#011Write alias successfully generated. Oct 28 09:26:57 starlite metricbeat: 2020-10-28T09:26:57.039+0800#011INFO#011[publisher\_pipeline\_output]#011pipeline/output.go:151#011Connection to backoff(elasticsearch([http://172.16.1.1:9200](http://172.16.1.1:9200))) established ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-getting-error-on-illegal-argument-exception-index-lifecycle-rollover-alias/253206/5 "2020-10-29T10:45:49Z")
Hey! It should be the combination of `setup.ilm.overwrite: true` and setting up the template. I would suggest either removing `ilm` if not needed or try to manually define the required settings for `template` section: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuration-template.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuration-template.html) C. ---
**Author:** ![Beng\_Hui\_Ong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/beng_hui_ong/32/63772_2.png) [@Beng\_Hui\_Ong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Beng_Hui_Ong)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-getting-error-on-illegal-argument-exception-index-lifecycle-rollover-alias/253206/6 "2020-10-30T09:16:27Z")
Thanks for the advice. Will try that. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-getting-error-on-illegal-argument-exception-index-lifecycle-rollover-alias/253206/7 "2020-11-27T11:16:27Z")
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