diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index 6ecdc96a1..36d673d70 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -170,6 +170,78 @@ elasticsearch:
               set_priority:
                 priority: 50
             min_age: 30d
+    so-items:
+      index_sorting: false
+      index_template:
+        composed_of:
+        - so-items-mappings
+        index_patterns:
+        - .items-default-**
+        priority: 500
+        template:
+          mappings:
+            date_detection: false
+          settings:
+            index:
+              lifecycle:
+                name: so-items-logs
+                rollover_alias: ".items-default"
+              routing:
+                allocation:
+                  include:
+                    _tier_preference: "data_content"
+              mapping:
+                total_fields:
+                  limit: 10000
+              number_of_replicas: 0
+              number_of_shards: 1
+              refresh_interval: 30s
+              sort:
+                field: '@timestamp'
+                order: desc
+      policy:
+        phases:
+          hot:
+            actions:
+              rollover:
+                max_size: 50gb
+            min_age: 0ms
+    so-lists:
+      index_sorting: false
+      index_template:
+        composed_of:
+        - so-lists-mappings
+        index_patterns:
+        - .lists-default-**
+        priority: 500
+        template:
+          mappings:
+            date_detection: false
+          settings:
+            index:
+              lifecycle:
+                name: so-lists-logs
+                rollover_alias: ".lists-default"
+              routing:
+                allocation:
+                  include:
+                    _tier_preference: "data_content"
+              mapping:
+                total_fields:
+                  limit: 10000
+              number_of_replicas: 0
+              number_of_shards: 1
+              refresh_interval: 30s
+              sort:
+                field: '@timestamp'
+                order: desc
+      policy:
+        phases:
+          hot:
+            actions:
+              rollover:
+                max_size: 50gb
+            min_age: 0ms
     so-case:
       index_sorting: false
       index_template: