# Problem with Index Life cycle policy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-index-life-cycle-policy/273698>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, docker, ilm-index-lifecycle-management, server\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-index-life-cycle-policy/273698 "2021-05-21T20:17:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Luis\_Garavatti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luis_garavatti/32/84970_2.png) [@Luis\_Garavatti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luis_Garavatti)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-index-life-cycle-policy/273698/1 "2021-05-21T20:17:05Z")

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Hi Guys!

I'm have a problem with my lifecycle policy in apm index,

 ![apmpolicy](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/7/d76e2b76d12d966c80eae0317b91b76127d9f883.png)

Look this pic!

How to fix this?

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**Author:** ![andreidan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andreidan/32/78167_2.png) [@andreidan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andreidan)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-index-life-cycle-policy/273698/2 "2021-05-24T08:07:18Z")

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Thanks for using Elasticsearch and ILM.

The `index.lifecycle.rollover_alias` setting is not configured for your ILM managed index. This should usually be configured in an index template so that it's applied to every new index, as described [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-index-lifecycle-management.html#ilm-gs-alias-apply-policy).

For existing indices you can use the [update index settings API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-update-settings.html) to configure it to the correct alias name value.

We recognised this bootstrapping alias and setting effort is quite cumbersome so we developed [data streams](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.12/data-streams.html), in case you'd prefer to use that. [Here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-index-lifecycle-management.html#getting-started-index-lifecycle-management)'s the guide on how to configure it with ILM.

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**Author:** ![Luis\_Garavatti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luis_garavatti/32/84970_2.png) [@Luis\_Garavatti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luis_Garavatti)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-index-life-cycle-policy/273698/3 "2021-05-28T00:43:13Z")

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Tks @andreidan

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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 17, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-index-life-cycle-policy/273698/4 "2021-06-17T20:43:44Z")

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