Deleting an Instance

Function

This API is used to delete an instance. It is an asynchronous API. You can call the ShowInstanceStatus API to query the instance status. If the status of the instance changes from shutting-down to terminated, the instance has been deleted.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action	Access Level	Resource Type (*: required)	Condition Key	Alias	Dependencies
clouddc:instance:delete	Write	-	-	-	-

URI

DELETE /v1/{project_id}/instances/{id}

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition Project ID. Constraints N/A Range Project ID of the account. Default Value N/A
id	Yes	String	Definition Instance ID, which is returned in the response to the CreateInstance request. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Definition Requests for calling an API can be authenticated using a token. If token-based authentication is used, this parameter is mandatory and must be set to a user token. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

**Table 3** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
-	String	-

Status code: 400

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code.
error_msg	String	Definition Error description.

Status code: 401

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code.
error_msg	String	Definition Error description.

Status code: 429

**Table 6** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
-	String	-

Status code: 500

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code.
error_msg	String	Definition Error description.

Example Requests

Deleting an Instance

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/instances/{id}

Example Responses

None

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
204	The request has succeeded.
400	Invalid request parameter.
401	The request is not authenticated.
429	The request is overloaded.
500	Internal server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

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