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Updated on 2026-01-20 GMT+08:00

Deleting a Load Balancer and Its Associated Resources (Including EIPs)

Function

This API is used to delete a load balancer and its associated resources, including the listeners, backend server groups, backend servers, and EIPs.

Note: Backend server groups are either disassociated from the load balancer if they are associated with other load balancers or deleted if they are not associated with other load balancers.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    elb:loadbalancers:delete

    Write

    loadbalancer *

    • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

    • g:EnterpriseProjectId

    -

    -

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/elb/loadbalancers/{loadbalancer_id}/delete-cascade

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints: N/A

Range: The value can contain a maximum of 32 characters, including digits and lowercase letters.

Default value: N/A

loadbalancer_id

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the load balancer ID.

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: Specifies the token used for IAM authentication.

Constraints: N/A

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

loadbalancer

Yes

DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeOption object

Definition: Specifies the parameters for deleting a load balancer and its associated resources.

Constraints: N/A

Table 4 DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeOption

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

unbounded_pool

No

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether to delete the associated backend server group.

Constraints:

  • For shared load balancers, the parameter can only be set to true.

  • If this backend server group is associated with other load balancers, the backend server group will not be deleted even if this parameter is set to true.

Range:

  • true: The backend server group will be deleted.

  • false: The backend server group will be disassociated from the load balancer but not deleted.

Default value: true

public_ip

No

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether to release EIPs after the load balancer is deleted.

Constraints: N/A

Range:

  • true: The EIPs will be released.

  • false: The EIPs will be unbound from the load balancer but not released.

Default value: false

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

Successful request.

None

Example Requests

Deleting a load balancer and its associated resources (including EIPs)

POST https://{ELB_Endpoint}/v3/060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148/elb/loadbalancers/32c1057f-74a1-42d6-9b20-d55b80ab89c4/delete-cascade

{
  "loadbalancer" : {
    "unbounded_pool" : true,
    "public_ip" : true
  }
}

Example Responses

None

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.region.ElbRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.model.*;


public class DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        ElbClient client = ElbClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(ElbRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeRequest request = new DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeRequest();
        request.withLoadbalancerId("{loadbalancer_id}");
        DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeRequestBody body = new DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeRequestBody();
        DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeOption loadbalancerbody = new DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeOption();
        loadbalancerbody.withUnboundedPool(true)
            .withPublicIp(true);
        body.withLoadbalancer(loadbalancerbody);
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeResponse response = client.deleteLoadBalancerCascade(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}

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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkelb.v3.region.elb_region import ElbRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkelb.v3 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = ElbClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(ElbRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeRequest()
        request.loadbalancer_id = "{loadbalancer_id}"
        loadbalancerbody = DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeOption(
            unbounded_pool=True,
            public_ip=True
        )
        request.body = DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeRequestBody(
            loadbalancer=loadbalancerbody
        )
        response = client.delete_load_balancer_cascade(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    elb "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := elb.NewElbClient(
        elb.ElbClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeRequest{}
	request.LoadbalancerId = "{loadbalancer_id}"
	unboundedPoolLoadbalancer:= true
	publicIpLoadbalancer:= true
	loadbalancerbody := &model.DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeOption{
		UnboundedPool: &unboundedPoolLoadbalancer,
		PublicIp: &publicIpLoadbalancer,
	}
	request.Body = &model.DeleteLoadBalancerCascadeRequestBody{
		Loadbalancer: loadbalancerbody,
	}
	response, err := client.DeleteLoadBalancerCascade(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

Successful request.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.