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Deleting Instances (VM)
Deleting Instances (VM)
- Chung, Donald (STFC,RAL,SC)
- Chris Green
Owned by Chung, Donald (STFC,RAL,SC)
You should always refer to Creating Snapshots from Instance as this process is not reversible and may result in data loss.
Web Interface
In Web Interface
Compute->Instances, select the VM you wish to deleteClick
DELETE INSTANCESConfirm by clicking
DELETE INSTANCES
Command-line
Find the instance ID with openstack server list
$ openstack server list
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| ID | Name | Status | Networks | Image | Flavor |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| c3b01eac-b5c7-4f57-8b09-f575f37cfe25 | delete-cli | ACTIVE | Internal=172.16.113.107 | ubuntu-focal-20.04-nogui | c3.small |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+--------------+Run
openstack server delete <instance-id>Example
$ openstack server delete c3b01eac-b5c7-4f57-8b09-f575f37cfe25