Manually apply a lifecycle policy to an index

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When you create a new Elasticsearch index, it automatically picks up settings, mappings, and aliases from any matching index template and its component templates. If the template specifies a lifecycle policy, that policy is applied to the new index as soon as it's created so that the index will be managed by ILM. This process is described in detail in Configure a lifecycle policy.

You can also apply a lifecycle policy manually to existing indices that are not yet managed, as described on this page. This is useful if you want to:

• Configure the indices to move through different