# PUT aliases for multiple index
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/put-aliases-for-multiple-index/350654
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [January 9, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/put-aliases-for-multiple-index/350654 "2024-01-09T12:56:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@elk1985](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk1985)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/put-aliases-for-multiple-index/350654/1 "2024-01-09T12:56:16Z")
Hello.
I am changing the organization of the indexes in my cluster. I have added an alias to the template and from now all indexes I need will get a correct view alias.
But I have a bunch (1k of them) without view aliases. When I try to use \* it's not working. Is there another way than adding an alias for each one of them ?
```auto
POST _aliases
{
"actions": [
{
"add": {
"index": "aliaspattern01-*",
"alias": "01_view_alias"
}
}
]
}
```
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### Author:  [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/put-aliases-for-multiple-index/350654/2 "2024-01-09T17:24:01Z")
> [@elk1985](#):
>
> Hello.
> I am changing the organization of the indexes in my cluster. I have added an alias to the template and from now all indexes I need will get a correct view alias.
> But I have a bunch (1k of them) without view aliases. When I try to use \* it's not working. Is there another way than adding an alias for each one of them ?
>
> ```auto
> POST _aliases
> {
> "actions": [
> {
> "add": {
> "index": "aliaspattern01-*",
> "alias": "01_view_alias"
> }
> }
> ]
> }
>
> ```
Hi,
that the `index` field in the `add` action does not support wildcard patterns. The `index` field expects a single index name, not a pattern.
To add an alias to multiple indices, you'll need to execute the `add` action for each index individually.
Regards
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### Author:  [@elk1985](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk1985)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/put-aliases-for-multiple-index/350654/3 "2024-01-31T12:27:05Z")
That's not comforting because until now i have like 3k of them so maybe there is some partial resolution for this ? Maybe a script in bash with curl command on it ?
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### Author:  [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/put-aliases-for-multiple-index/350654/4 "2024-01-31T14:02:53Z")
> [@elk1985](#):
>
> That's not comforting because until now i have like 3k of them so maybe there is some partial resolution for this ? Maybe a script in bash with curl command on it ?
There is nothing native, but it can be easily automated.
You can use the `GET _cat/indices` API to get a list of your indices and from this list write a bash script with curl to make the requests to add the alias.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/put-aliases-for-multiple-index/350654/5 "2024-02-28T14:03:38Z")
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