# Updating ILM / rollover aliases on existing {auditbeat, metricbeat, packetbeat ...} via API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-ilm-rollover-aliases-on-existing-auditbeat-metricbeat-packetbeat-via-api/210758>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-ilm-rollover-aliases-on-existing-auditbeat-metricbeat-packetbeat-via-api/210758 "2019-12-05T18:06:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricJohnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ericjohnson/32/53592_2.png) [@EricJohnson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EricJohnson)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-ilm-rollover-aliases-on-existing-auditbeat-metricbeat-packetbeat-via-api/210758/4 "2019-12-05T22:11:12Z")

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See:

[Solution](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-apply-ilm-to-entire-matching-index-pattern/210784)

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