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Chapter 7. Uninstalling a cluster on vSphere that uses installer-provisioned infrastructure

You can remove a cluster that you deployed in your VMware vSphere instance by using installer-provisioned infrastructure.

Note

When you run the openshift-install destroy cluster command to uninstall OpenShift Container Platform, vSphere volumes are not automatically deleted. The cluster administrator must manually find the vSphere volumes and delete them.

You can remove a cluster that uses installer-provisioned infrastructure that you provisioned from your cloud platform.

Note

After uninstallation, check your cloud provider for any resources that were not removed properly, especially with user-provisioned infrastructure clusters. Some resources might exist because either the installation program did not create the resource or could not access the resource.

Prerequisites

  • You have a copy of the installation program that you used to deploy the cluster.
  • You have the files that the installation program generated when you created your cluster.

Procedure

  1. From the directory that has the installation program on the computer that you used to install the cluster, run the following command: 

    $ ./openshift-install destroy cluster \
--dir <installation_directory> --log-level info
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    For <installation_directory>, specify the path to the directory that you stored the installation files in.
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    To view different details, specify warn, debug, or error instead of info.
    Note

    You must specify the directory that includes the cluster definition files for your cluster. The installation program requires the metadata.json file in this directory to delete the cluster.

  2. Optional: Delete the <installation_directory> directory and the OpenShift Container Platform installation program.
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