Deleting Instances (VM)

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 delete
Click DELETE INSTANCES
Confirm 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

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