# Typo or peculiarity related to \`setup.ilm.check\_exists\` in documentation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typo-or-peculiarity-related-to-setup-ilm-check-exists-in-documentation/327974>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [March 17, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typo-or-peculiarity-related-to-setup-ilm-check-exists-in-documentation/327974 "2023-03-17T21:06:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![NominaSumpta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nominasumpta/32/52412_2.png) [@NominaSumpta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NominaSumpta)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typo-or-peculiarity-related-to-setup-ilm-check-exists-in-documentation/327974/1 "2023-03-17T21:06:24Z")

</div>

The documentation for Metricbeat ([https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/libbeat/docs/security/users.asciidoc](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/libbeat/docs/security/users.asciidoc)) says:

> When using ILM, turn off the ILM setup check

The documentation ([Configure index lifecycle management | Functionbeat Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/functionbeat/current/ilm.html#setup-ilm-check_exists-option)) also says:

> If you set this option to `false`, lifecycle policy will not be installed

So when using index lifecycle management (ILM), the lifecycle policy is not installed.

Is this a typo or a peculiarity?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![NominaSumpta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nominasumpta/32/52412_2.png) [@NominaSumpta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NominaSumpta)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typo-or-peculiarity-related-to-setup-ilm-check-exists-in-documentation/327974/2 "2023-03-27T07:58:11Z")

</div>

Correction: the top post links to the Functionbeat documentation, but this question regards Metricbeat.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typo-or-peculiarity-related-to-setup-ilm-check-exists-in-documentation/327974/3 "2023-04-24T09:58:34Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.