# Where do is set setup.ilm.overwrite: true

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-is-set-setup-ilm-overwrite-true/245565>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management, filebeat\
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-is-set-setup-ilm-overwrite-true/245565 "2020-08-19T09:22:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![BoKu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BoKu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BoKu)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-is-set-setup-ilm-overwrite-true/245565/1 "2020-08-19T09:22:40Z")

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Hello,

filebeat setup shows me that Overwriting ILM policy is disabled, it also shows me how to enable it, but i do not know where to set it, can anyone point me to the right file?

```auto
[root@ELASTIC99004 ~]# filebeat setup
Overwriting ILM policy is disabled. Set `setup.ilm.overwrite: true` for enabling.
....

```

Thanks and kind regards  
Boris Kunstleben

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-is-set-setup-ilm-overwrite-true/245565/2 "2020-08-19T23:08:24Z")

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That should be in `filebeat.yml`.

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**Author:** ![BoKu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BoKu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BoKu)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-is-set-setup-ilm-overwrite-true/245565/3 "2020-08-20T12:58:04Z")

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Thanks, that worked! 😀 👍

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-is-set-setup-ilm-overwrite-true/245565/4 "2020-09-17T14:58:10Z")

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