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Tutorials: Customize data retention policies
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Tutorials: Customize data retention policies
editThese tutorials explain how to apply a custom ILM policy to an integration’s data stream.
Before you begin
editFor certain features you’ll need to use a slightly different procedure to manage the index lifecycle:
- APM: For verions 8.15 and later, refer to Index lifecycle management.
- Synthetic monitoring: Refer to Manage data retention.
- Universal Profiling: Refer to Universal Profiling index life cycle management.
Identify your scenario
editHow you apply an ILM policy depends on your use case. Choose a scenario for the detailed steps.
- Scenario 1: You want to apply an ILM policy to all logs or metrics data streams across all namespaces.
- Scenario 2: You want to apply an ILM policy to selected data streams in an integration.
- Scenario 3: You want apply an ILM policy for data streams in a selected namespace in an integration.