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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions docs/reference/ilm/apis/put-lifecycle.asciidoc
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* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage_ilm`
cluster privilege to use this API. You must also have the `manage` index
privilege on all indices being managed by `policy`. All operations executed by
{ilm} for a policy are executed as the user that put the latest version of a
policy. For more information, see <<security-privileges>>.
privilege on all indices being managed by `policy`. {ilm-init} performs
operations as the user who last updated the policy. {ilm-init} only has the
<<security-privileges,privileges>> assigned to the user at the time of the
last policy update.

[[ilm-put-lifecycle-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion docs/reference/ilm/ilm-index-lifecycle.asciidoc
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An index's _lifecycle policy_ specifies which phases
are applicable, what actions are performed in each phase,
and when it transitions between phases.
and when it transitions between phases.

You can manually apply a lifecycle policy when you create an index.
For time series indices, you need to associate the lifecycle policy with
the index template used to create new indices in the series.
When an index rolls over, a manually-applied policy isn't automatically applied to the new index.

If you use {es}'s Security features, {ilm-init} performs operations as the user
who last updated the policy. {ilm-init} only has the
<<security-privileges,privileges>> assigned to the user at the time of the
last policy update.

[discrete]
[[ilm-phase-transitions]]
=== Phase transitions
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