Creating index with math expression

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Hello,
I was trying to create index using math expression (like ILM).

curl -u filebeat:filebeat -XPUT "localhost:9200/%3Cfilebeat-7.15.2-%7Bnow%2Fd%7D%3E"

Configuration of ROR you can see below:

- name: "Filebeat - 1"
  auth_key: filebeat:filebeat
  indices: ["filebeat*"]
  actions: ["indices:admin/template/*", "indices:admin/create", "indices:admin/get", "indices:admin/aliases/get", "indices:data/read/*","indices:data/write/*"]

- name: "Filebeat - 2"
  auth_key: filebeat:filebeat
  indices: ["<filebeat-*"]
  actions: ["indices:admin/template/*", "indices:admin/create", "indices:admin/get", "indices:admin/aliases/get", "indices:data/read/*","indices:data/write/*"]

Block “Filebeat - 1” does not allow access, but block “Filebeat - 2” does. Is it really necessary to specify < character? Finally created index is filebeat-7.15.2-000001 and does not begin with “<” . It’s little bit confusing.

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Hi @vaclav_sulc

Yes, currently it’s necessary. If you want to use math expressions in ES indices requests you should declare:

indices: ["filebeat*", "<filebeat*"]

Please treat it as a workaround. We’re going to improve it in the future.

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Hi @coutoPL ,
thank you for the confirmation.