Deleting an Application Load Balancer target group
Warning
You cannot delete a target group used in a backend group. First, you need to remove it from all backend groups.
To delete a target group:
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In the management console
, select the folder with your target group. -
Select Application Load Balancer.
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In the left-hand panel, select
Target groups. -
Select your target group and click
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In the menu that opens, select Delete.
To delete multiple target groups at once, select them in the list and click Delete at the bottom of the screen.
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In the window that opens, click Delete.
If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.
The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID>
command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using the --folder-name
or --folder-id
parameter.
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See the description of the CLI command for deleting a target group:
yc alb target-group delete --help
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Run this command:
yc alb target-group delete <target_group_name_or_ID>
To check whether the group has been deleted, get a list of target groups by running the command:
yc alb target-group list
With Terraform
Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License
For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform
If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure its Yandex Cloud provider.
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Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the part describing your target group.
Sample target group description in the Terraform configuration:
resource "yandex_alb_target_group" "foo" { name = "<target_group_name>" target { subnet_id = "<subnet_ID>" ip_address = "<VM_1_internal_IP_address>" } target { subnet_id = "<subnet_ID>" ip_address = "<VM_2_internal_IP_address>" } target { subnet_id = "<subnet_ID>" ip_address = "<VM_3_internal_IP_address>" } }
For more information about
yandex_alb_target_group
properties, see the relevant Terraform article . -
Apply the changes:
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In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.
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Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:
terraform validate
If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:
Success! The configuration is valid.
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Run the command:
terraform plan
The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.
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Apply the configuration changes:
terraform apply
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Confirm the changes: type
yes
in the terminal and press Enter.
You can check target group updates in the management console
or using this CLI command:yc alb target-group list
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Use the delete REST API method for the TargetGroup resource or the TargetGroupService/Delete gRPC API call.