# MetricBeat keep metricbeat Index for 7 day

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-keep-metricbeat-index-for-7-day/146220>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [August 27, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-keep-metricbeat-index-for-7-day/146220 "2018-08-27T18:01:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![eramitsinha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eramitsinha/32/35032_2.png) [@eramitsinha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eramitsinha)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-keep-metricbeat-index-for-7-day/146220/1 "2018-08-27T18:01:16Z")

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Hi,

I am using MetricBeat 5.6.10, I am seeing metricbeat-2018.08.XX index getting created every day on elastic search. Is there any setting to control this to 7 days(Similar to xpack.monitoring.history.duration).

i.e I would like to keep only 7 days data only.

Thanks,  
Amit.

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-keep-metricbeat-index-for-7-day/146220/2 "2018-08-27T20:12:04Z")

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Hi @eramitsinha

There isn't anything built into metricbeat itself but you might want to look into this externally-installed tool: [https://github.com/elastic/curator](https://github.com/elastic/curator).

Eventually we (Elastic) do plan to offer tooling from within Elasticsearch/Kibana to perform index lifecycle management. If you want to follow our progress on this feature, check out [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/29823](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/29823).

Cheers,

Shaunak

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**Author:** ![eramitsinha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eramitsinha/32/35032_2.png) [@eramitsinha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eramitsinha)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-keep-metricbeat-index-for-7-day/146220/3 "2018-08-28T04:31:12Z")

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Thank you.

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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:** [September 25, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-keep-metricbeat-index-for-7-day/146220/4 "2018-09-25T06:31:20Z")

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