How to apply ISM Policy to old Indices before the policy was created?

[junandaip]

Hi, How can we apply ISM policies to existing indices created before the policy itself? In OpenDistro, we used Curator, but with no official OpenSearch Curator, what are the alternative options?

Thanks

Versions (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser): 2.11.1

Describe the issue:

Configuration: Opensearch Cluster setup in k8s using Hot Warm Cold configuration.

Relevant Logs or Screenshots:

[hm21]

from: [BUG] Existing indices are not assigned new ISM Policies · Issue #264 · opensearch-project/index-management (github.com)

[junandaip]

Wow that’s pretty genius. Thanks @hm21 I will try it.