Deleting a Kubernetes cluster

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Updated at November 5, 2024

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When deleting a Managed Service for Kubernetes cluster, Compute Cloud disks attached to PersistentVolumes are not deleted automatically.

To access a Kubernetes cluster, use its name or unique ID. You can get them by using the following command:

yc managed-kubernetes cluster list

Result:

+----------------------+----------+---------------------+---------+---------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
|          ID          |   NAME   |     CREATED AT      | HEALTH  | STATUS  |    EXTERNAL ENDPOINT    |   INTERNAL ENDPOINT   |
+----------------------+----------+---------------------+---------+---------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| cati493bu7ia******** | k8s-demo | 2019-11-20 11:26:36 | HEALTHY | RUNNING | https://84.201.174.147/ | https://192.168.0.27/ |
+----------------------+----------+---------------------+---------+---------+-------------------------+-----------------------+

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

Open Managed Service for Kubernetes in the folder you want to delete the Kubernetes cluster from.
Click in the row of the Kubernetes cluster you need to delete.
In the menu that opens, click Delete.
In the window that opens, click Delete.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

Delete the Kubernetes cluster:

yc managed-kubernetes cluster delete test-k8s-cluster

Result:

done

Make sure that the Kubernetes cluster was deleted:

yc managed-kubernetes cluster list

Result:

+----+------+------------+--------+--------+-------------------+-------------------+
| ID | NAME | CREATED AT | HEALTH | STATUS | EXTERNAL ENDPOINT | INTERNAL ENDPOINT |
+----+------+------------+--------+--------+-------------------+-------------------+
+----+------+------------+--------+--------+-------------------+-------------------+

Terraform allows you to quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. Configuration files store the infrastructure description in the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Terraform and its providers are distributed under the Business Source License.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or the mirror.

If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To delete a cluster created using Terraform:

In the command line, go to the folder that houses the current Terraform configuration file with an infrastructure plan.
Delete the resources using this command:
```
terraform destroy
```
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Terraform will delete all the resources you created using it, such as clusters, networks, subnets, and VMs.
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To delete a Kubernetes cluster, use the delete method for the Cluster resource.

Deleting a Kubernetes cluster

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