# Phantom Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/phantom-index/130680>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 4, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/phantom-index/130680 "2018-05-04T19:55:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dalamar666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@dalamar666](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dalamar666)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/phantom-index/130680/1 "2018-05-04T19:55:22Z")

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Hi,

I have discovered a phantom index starting. I have been through my conf file and I cannot find any reference to this index. Is there any command etc. I can use to find what configuration file is creating this index?

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**Author:** ![Glen\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/glen_smith/32/111656_2.png) [@Glen\_Smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Glen_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/phantom-index/130680/2 "2018-05-05T03:16:09Z")

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What is the index name?

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**Author:** ![dalamar666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@dalamar666](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dalamar666)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/phantom-index/130680/3 "2018-05-07T13:56:19Z")

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Glen,

I have an Elastiflow with the date and then the expected Elastiflow with the name of the device as I have it in the configuration files.

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**Author:** ![Glen\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/glen_smith/32/111656_2.png) [@Glen\_Smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Glen_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/phantom-index/130680/4 "2018-05-09T03:39:23Z")

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Sorry, I'm not familiar with Elastiflow. If you are seeing unexpected indices related to that, you should ask in the appropriate channels for it.

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/phantom-index/130680/5 "2018-06-06T03:39:25Z")

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