Bash Script to Trim Elasticsearch By Date Indexes

trim_es_index_by_date.sh

#!/bin/bash

DAYS_AGO=$1

TARGET_INDEX=logstash-`date --date="$DAYS_AGO days ago" +%Y.%m.%d`;

if [[ "$DAYS_AGO" ]]; then
  # echo "computed target index: $TARGET_INDEX"
  curl -XDELETE "http://localhost:9200/$TARGET_INDEX"
else
  echo "you need to pass in a parameter for DAYS_AGO" | mail -s "no days passed to script.  cannot delete ES index: $TARGET_INDEX" [email protected]
fi