diff --git a/plugins/wazuh-indexer-setup/src/main/java/org/wazuh/setup/WazuhIndexerSetupPlugin.java b/plugins/wazuh-indexer-setup/src/main/java/org/wazuh/setup/WazuhIndexerSetupPlugin.java
index 2cba1c4..a119e15 100644
--- a/plugins/wazuh-indexer-setup/src/main/java/org/wazuh/setup/WazuhIndexerSetupPlugin.java
+++ b/plugins/wazuh-indexer-setup/src/main/java/org/wazuh/setup/WazuhIndexerSetupPlugin.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
 import org.opensearch.client.Client;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
@@ -62,6 +63,18 @@ public Collection<Object> createComponents(
     public void onNodeStarted(DiscoveryNode localNode) {
 
         try {
+            this.indices.putTemplate(new ActionListener<>() {
+                @Override
+                public void onResponse(AcknowledgedResponse acknowledgedResponse) {
+                    log.info("template created");
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onFailure(Exception e) {
+                    log.error("template creation failed");
+                }
+            });
+
             this.indices.create(new ActionListener<>() {
                 @Override
                 public void onResponse(CreateIndexResponse createIndexResponse) {
diff --git a/plugins/wazuh-indexer-setup/src/main/java/org/wazuh/setup/index/WazuhIndices.java b/plugins/wazuh-indexer-setup/src/main/java/org/wazuh/setup/index/WazuhIndices.java
index 4eca0b3..a5b529f 100644
--- a/plugins/wazuh-indexer-setup/src/main/java/org/wazuh/setup/index/WazuhIndices.java
+++ b/plugins/wazuh-indexer-setup/src/main/java/org/wazuh/setup/index/WazuhIndices.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.template.put.PutIndexTemplateRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
 import org.opensearch.client.Client;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
@@ -18,24 +20,24 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.opensearch.core.action.ActionListener;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 public class WazuhIndices {
 
     private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(WazuhIndices.class);
 
-    private Client client;
-    private ClusterService clusterService;
+    private final Client client;
+    private final ClusterService clusterService;
 
-    public static String INDEX_NAME = "wazuh-indexer-setup-plugin";
-    private static String INDEX_MAPPING_FILE_NAME = "index-mapping.yml";
-    private static String INDEX_SETTING_FILE_NAME = "index-settings.yml";
+    public static final String INDEX_NAME = "wazuh-indexer-setup-plugin";
+    private static final String INDEX_MAPPING_FILE_NAME = "index-mapping.yml";
+    private static final String INDEX_SETTING_FILE_NAME = "index-settings.yml";
 
     /**
      * Constructor
@@ -85,13 +87,29 @@ public String getIndexSettings() {
         }
     }
 
+    public void putTemplate(ActionListener<AcknowledgedResponse> actionListener) {
+        String indexTemplate = "wazuh";
+        PutIndexTemplateRequest putRequest = new PutIndexTemplateRequest()
+                .name(indexTemplate)
+                .patterns(List.of("wazuh-*"));
+        try {
+            client.admin().indices().putTemplate(putRequest, actionListener);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            String errorMessage = new MessageFormat(
+                    "failed to create index template [{0}]",
+                    Locale.ROOT
+            ).format(indexTemplate);
+            log.error(errorMessage, e);
+            throw new IllegalStateException(errorMessage, e);
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Create Wazuh's Indices.
      */
     public void create(ActionListener<CreateIndexResponse> actionListener) throws IOException {
 
-
         if (!indexExists(WazuhIndices.INDEX_NAME)) {
             CreateIndexRequest indexRequest = new CreateIndexRequest(WazuhIndices.INDEX_NAME)
                     .mapping(getIndexMapping(), XContentType.YAML)
@@ -106,6 +124,6 @@ public void create(ActionListener<CreateIndexResponse> actionListener) throws IO
      */
     public boolean indexExists(String indexName) {
         ClusterState clusterState = clusterService.state();
-        return clusterState.getRoutingTable().hasIndex(WazuhIndices.INDEX_NAME);
+        return clusterState.getRoutingTable().hasIndex(indexName);
     }
 }