(Archived) How to delete a restore-database

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If you like to delete a restore database which is no longer needed.

IMPORTANT

You are only allowed to destroy databases created from a database restore process.

General usage instructions

The general usage instructions for the cloud managment tool suite r3 can be found here.

Step-by-step guide

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~$ r3 db destroy -h

# Response
Destroy Restore-Snapshots/Database Servers of this Environment.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --loglevel {INFO,ERROR}
                        Define Loglevel for Execution (default: INFO)
  --db-id DB_ID         Destroy Restore-Database Server.
  --snapshot-id SNAPSHOT_ID
                        Destroy Restore-Snapshot.

How do delete a restore-database

Obtain the identifier of the database e.g. by listing the available databases using r3 db list --dbs command
Provide the identifier to the command line r3 db destroy --db-id as shown in the example.

Restore-database deletion example

~$ r3 db destroy --db-id restore-db-2017-10-23-12-45

# Response
This is a destructive operation. It may cause data loss!
Project: backend Company: root360 Environment: test 
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+------------------+
| DataBaseIdentifier          | Endpoint                                                                | Engine | DBInstanceStatus |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+------------------+
| restore-db-2017-10-23-12-45 | restore-db-2017-10-23-12-45.cw8zdc1gbk6g.eu-central-1.rds.amazonaws.com | mysql  | deleting         |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+------------------+