Deleting a node group

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Updated at November 5, 2024

To delete a node group, use its name or ID.

To access a node group, use its name or unique ID obtained using the command:

yc managed-kubernetes node-group list

Result:

+----------------------+----------------------+-------------+----------------------+---------------------+---------+------+
|          ID          |      CLUSTER ID      |    NAME     |  INSTANCE GROUP ID   |     CREATED AT      | STATUS  | SIZE |
+----------------------+----------------------+-------------+----------------------+---------------------+---------+------+
| catt3knapbq5******** | cati493bu7ia******** | k8s-demo-ng | cl1tbm76ms7p******** | 2019-11-20 12:01:02 | RUNNING |    2 |
+----------------------+----------------------+-------------+----------------------+---------------------+---------+------+

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

To delete a node group:

Go to the Kubernetes cluster you want to delete a node group from:
1. Open the Managed Service for Kubernetes section in the folder.
2. Open the Kubernetes cluster you need.
3. Go to the Nodes manager tab.
On the Node group tab, click in the row containing the node group 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 node group:

yc k8s node-group delete <node_group_name>

Result:

done

Make sure that the node group was deleted:

yc managed-kubernetes node-group list

Result:

+----+------------+------+-------------------+------------+--------+------+
| ID | CLUSTER ID | NAME | INSTANCE GROUP ID | CREATED AT | STATUS | SIZE |
+----+------------+------+-------------------+------------+--------+------+
+----+------------+------+-------------------+------------+--------+------+

To delete a node group:

Open the current Terraform configuration file describing the node group.

For more information about creating this file, see Creating a node group.
Delete the section describing a group you no longer need.
Make sure the configuration files are correct.
1. Using the command line, navigate to the folder that contains the up-to-date Terraform configuration files with an infrastructure plan.
2. Run the command:
```
terraform validate
```
  If there are errors in the configuration files, Terraform will point to them.
Confirm updating the resources.
1. Run the command to view planned changes:
```
terraform plan
```
  If the resource configuration descriptions are correct, the terminal will display a list of the resources to modify and their parameters. This is a test step. No resources are updated.
2. If you are happy with the planned changes, apply them:
  1. Run the command:
```
terraform apply
```
  2. Confirm the update of resources.
  3. Wait for the operation to complete.

For more information, see the Terraform provider documentation.

To delete a node group, use the delete method for the NodeGroup resource.

Deleting a node group

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