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An index's _lifecycle policy_ specifies which phases
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are applicable, what actions are performed in each phase,
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-and when it transitions between phases.
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+and when it transitions between phases.
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You can manually apply a lifecycle policy when you create an index.
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For time series indices, you need to associate the lifecycle policy with
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the index template used to create new indices in the series.
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When an index rolls over, a manually-applied policy isn't automatically applied to the new index.
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+If you use {es}'s Security features, {ilm-init} performs operations as the user
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+who last updated the policy. {ilm-init} only has the
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+<<security-privileges,privileges>> assigned to the user at the time of the
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+last policy update.
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[discrete]
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[[ilm-phase-transitions]]
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=== Phase transitions
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