How to let elasticsearch5.5.2 automatic delete document by some datetime field. The _ttl mappings have been removed from 5.x. because effifient problem. Is there any other way I can delete expired files automatically？

We want to automatically delete some document with different expiration dates

warkolm (Mark Walkom) July 29, 2020, 5:49am 2

The best option these days is to use time based indices, and then just remove them after the expiration time.

Also you really need to upgrade, 5.X is EOL and no longer supported

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