How to: Remove a managed BIG-IP Next instance from BIG-IP Next Central Manager¶

Overview¶

Remove a BIG-IP Next instance that you no longer want to manage from BIG-IP Next Central Manger.

When you remove a managed BIG-IP Next instance, you remove all associated objects from BIG-IP Next Central Manager and reset the BIG-IP Next instance to factory settings.

Prerequisites¶

To manage BIG-IP Next instances, you must have Administrator or Instance Manager user credentials. Users with Application Manager and Auditor credentials have read-only access to all application service information. For more information about user roles, see How to: Assign standard roles to users.

Procedure¶

Central Manager GUI

Log in to BIG-IP Next Central Manager, click the Workspace icon next to the F5 logo, and click Infrastructure.
Select the checkbox next to the BIG-IP Next instances you want to remove.
From Actions, select Delete. A confirmation page displays.
Click Delete Instance to remove the instance.

Central Manager API

Prerequisites

Authenticate with the BIG-IP Next Central Manager API. For details refer to How to: Authenticate with the BIG-IP Next Central Manager API.

To delete Instance use the following BIG-IP Central Manager APIs:

Get Instance details by sending a GET request to /api/v1/spaces/default/instances endpoint. The instance_id value is generated in the response.
```
GET https://{{bigip_next_cm_mgmt_ip}}/api/v1/spaces/default/instances?filter=address eq '{{bigip_next_mgmt_ip}}'
```

Send a DELETE request to /api/v1/spaces/default/instances/{{instance_id}} endpoint modifying the value of instance_id with the ID of the instance that you want to delete. Identify the path ID from the response.

DELETE https://{{bigip_next_cm_mgmt_ip}}/api/v1/spaces/default/instances/{{instance_id}}

For the request payload, use the following example, modifying the values as required.

{
    "save_backup": false
}

Sample Response:

{
"_links": {
    "self": {
    "href": "/api/v1/spaces/default/instances/discovery-tasks/43b7bd5b-5b61-4a64-8fe4-68ef8ed910f2"
    }
},
"path": "/api/v1/spaces/default/instances/discovery-tasks/43b7bd5b-5b61-4a64-8fe4-68ef8ed910f2"
}

Optional: Check the delete instance task status by sending a GET request to the {{bigip_next_cm_mgmt_ip}}{{delete_path_id}} endpoint modifying the value of delete_path_id with the path ID of the previous response.
```
GET https://{{bigip_next_cm_mgmt_ip}}{{delete_path_id}}
```
Once the status changes to Completed, the instance is deleted.