# New indices created via rollover don't automatically inherit the policy used by the old index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-indices-created-via-rollover-dont-automatically-inherit-the-policy-used-by-the-old-index/225996>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 1, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-indices-created-via-rollover-dont-automatically-inherit-the-policy-used-by-the-old-index/225996 "2020-04-01T07:40:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![prs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prs/32/47713_2.png) [@prs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prs)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-indices-created-via-rollover-dont-automatically-inherit-the-policy-used-by-the-old-index/225996/1 "2020-04-01T07:40:55Z")

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Hi friends,  
I use Es, Logstash and Kibana on a VM and I receive Logs from filebeat on a few VMs.  
ES, Logstash and kibana version 7.3.0 and filebeat in 2 version 7.5.2 and 7.6.1 .  
I use filebeat Modules like apache and nginx , and multiple pipeline in Logstash.  
our filebeats send Logs to logstash. I use also index rollover aliases in elasticsearch output plugin in logstash. my system works really good but the only problem is , new indices created via rollover don't automatically inherit the policy used by the old index. I read this page and I found it is normal. I tried to solve it like description but it doesn't work.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/using-policies-rollover.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/using-policies-rollover.html)

I have doubt that I do it right! because I'm not sure about my templates. I used modules to use dynamic Templates in ES. So I didn't define any template by my self. I tried with this Curl command but I know its not for Dynamic templates.

```
curl -u <user>:<pass> -X PUT "IP:9200/_template/filebeat-7.5.2?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: 
application/json' -d'
{
 "index_patterns": ["filebeat-*"],                 
 "settings": {
 "number_of_shards": 1,
 "number_of_replicas": 1,
 "index.lifecycle.name": "filebeat",      
 "index.lifecycle.rollover_alias": "filebeat-7.5.2-nginx-access-default"    
 }
}
' 

```

and

```
     curl -u <user>:<pass> -X PUT "IP:9200/_template/filebeat-7.6.1?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: 
 application/json' -d'
{
 "index_patterns": ["filebeat-*"],                 
 "settings": {
 "number_of_shards": 1,
 "number_of_replicas": 1,
 "index.lifecycle.name": "filebeat",      
 "index.lifecycle.rollover_alias": "filebeat-7.6.1-apache-access-default"    
 }
}
'

```

we have another aliases for both filebeat-7.5.2 and 7.6.1 and I used similar way for them.  
As you can see I used one Policy for all of this aliases. Am I in correct way?  
because it doesn't work.

my Logstash filter for example for apache logs :

```
input {
beats {
port => 5047
client_inactivity_timeout => 10800
 }
}
output {
if [event][module] == "apache" {
if [fileset][name] == "access" {
elasticsearch {
  ilm_enabled => true
  ilm_rollover_alias => "filebeat-7.6.1-apache-access-default"
  ilm_pattern => "{now/d}-000001"
  ilm_policy => "filebeat"
  hosts => "URL:9200"
  manage_template => false
  index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
  bulk_path => "http://URL:9200/_bulk"
  pipeline => "%{[@metadata][pipeline]}"
  validate_after_inactivity => 300000
  user => "user"
  password => "Pass"
}
}else if [fileset][name] == "error" {
    elasticsearch {
      ilm_enabled => true
      ilm_rollover_alias => "filebeat-7.6.1-apache-error-pipeline"
      ilm_pattern => "{now/d}-000001"
      ilm_policy => "filebeat"
      hosts => "URL:9200"
      manage_template => false
      index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
      bulk_path => "http://URL:9200/_bulk"
      pipeline => "%{[@metadata][pipeline]}"
      validate_after_inactivity => 300000
      user => "User"
      password => "Pass"
    }
   }
 }
}

```

It's really kind of you if you could help me.

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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:** [April 29, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-indices-created-via-rollover-dont-automatically-inherit-the-policy-used-by-the-old-index/225996/2 "2020-04-29T07:46:24Z")

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