# \[solved\]I want to delete the indices that are older than 1 day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 3, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348 "2017-03-03T18:47:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yaswanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/94ad74/32.png) [@Yaswanth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yaswanth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/1 "2017-03-03T18:47:30Z")
i used curator 4.2.6 . I want to delete the indices that are 1 day older. I used the following command: CONFIG file client: hosts: - 127.0.0.1 port: 9200 url\_prefix: use\_ssl: False certificate: client\_cert: client\_key: aws\_key: aws\_secret\_key: aws\_region: ssl\_no\_validate: False http\_auth: timeout: 30 master\_only: False logging: loglevel: INFO logfile: logformat: default blacklist: ['elasticsearch', 'urllib3'] ACTION file actions: 1: action: delete\_indices description: "Delete indices older than 1 days (based on index name), for logstash- prefixed indices. Ignore the error if the filter does not result in an actionable list of indices (ignore\_empty\_list) and exit cleanly" options: timeout\_override: continue\_if\_exception: False disable\_action: False filters: - filtertype: pattern kind: prefix value: data exclude: - filtertype: age source: name direction: older timestring: '%Y-%m-%d' unit: days unit\_count: 1 exclude: my index is in this format data-2017-03-01 I am getting error like this: ``` F:\Curator\curator-4.2.6-win32>curator --config F:\Curator\curator-4.2.6-win32\config.yml F:\Curator\curator-4.2.6-win32\action.yml 2017-03-04 00:48:15,217 ERROR Schema error: extra keys not allowed @ data[1] Configuration: Actions File: Location: root: Bad Value: "None", extra keys not allowed @ data[1]. Check configuration file. ``` Thanks.. ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/2 "2017-03-03T19:23:20Z")
Please encapsulate your yaml files in lines containing only triple backticks ``` One above your text, and one below. Without this, I can't tell if your files are properly indented. ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/3 "2017-03-03T19:25:25Z")
The first thing that jumps out is that you can't have a multiline `description` unless you start with `description: ->` See the example for [`delete_indices`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/ex_delete_indices.html) in the [Official Curator Documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Yaswanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/94ad74/32.png) [@Yaswanth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yaswanth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/4 "2017-03-03T19:29:00Z")
Thanks.. I COPIED the config file from [github](https://github.com/elastic/curator/blob/master/examples/curator.yml) and pasted as it is in config file. I will correct the description and let u know.. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/5 "2017-03-03T19:32:41Z")
The issue isn't the config file, it is the action file. ---
**Author:** ![Yaswanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/94ad74/32.png) [@Yaswanth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yaswanth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/6 "2017-03-03T19:37:20Z")
Thanks .. i got it For sending the last 3 day indices to snapshot in azure, do i have to provide azure account name and number in config file? OR is it enough to declare them in elasticsearch.yml file because i am using azure plugin? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/7 "2017-03-03T19:50:05Z")
Please keep the discussion on topic. The topic is deleting indices older than 1 day. Snapshots and Azure do not enter in to such a discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Yaswanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/94ad74/32.png) [@Yaswanth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yaswanth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/8 "2017-03-03T19:51:23Z")
sorry..got that ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-i-want-to-delete-the-indices-that-are-older-than-1-day/77348/9 "2017-03-31T19:51:23Z")
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