Instance: delete

If you would like to delete one of the VMs, you have created, you can follow the steps below or follow the Deletion tutorial in Tutorials for OpenStack dashboard.

Warning

The order of the steps is important to avoid errors during the deletion.

• In the Horizon Dashboard, select on “Network → Floating IPs”, then click on the button “Disassociate” on the right side of the dashboard page for the IP associated to your VM. If desired, you can also release the floating IP.

Note

Once you release it, there is no guarantee the same IP can be allocated again.

• Go to “Compute → Instances”, and display the drop-down menu of the VM you want to delete and then click the action “Delete Instance”

It is recommended to remove also the network resources (router, interfaces, etc) that were associated to your instance.

• Go to “Network → Routers”, and

  • click the “Clear Gateway” button corresponding to your router

  • then, click on your router name and select the “Interfaces” tab

  • Click “Delete Interface” button

• Go to “Network → Networks”, display the drop-down menu for your network, and click the action “Delete Network”

• Go to “Network → Routers”, display the drop-down menu for your router, and click the action “Delete Router”

• Go to “Network → Security Groups”, display the drop-down menu for your security group and click the action “Delete Security Group”