[role="xpack"]
[[getting-started-index-lifecycle-management]]
== Getting started with {ilm}

Create a policy that rolls over after 1 day deletes an index after 30 days

Show create policy API req/res

Show assign policy to index API req/res

Show both the API and how it is done with `index.lifecyce.name` using the
create-index API

Show explain API to show current state, but ignore the “step” related info,
only focus on managed/phase/action