Deleting a NIC

You can delete a network interface card (NIC) at any time.

Deleting a NIC Using Cockpit v2

Before you begin: Unlink the NIC from any VM it is linked to. For more information, see Detaching a NIC from a VM.

  1. Click inside the NICs dashboard to make checkboxes appear.

  2. Check the box of the NIC you want to delete.

    Multiselection is available.

    The NIC is selected and an action menu appears.

  3. Click IconTerminate Delete.
    A confirmation dialog box appears.

  4. Click Delete.
    The NIC is deleted.

Deleting a NIC Using OSC CLI

Before you begin: Unlink the NIC from any VM it is linked to. For more information, see Detaching a NIC from a VM.

The DeleteNic command deletes the specified network interface card (NIC).
The network interface must not be attached to any virtual machine (VM).

Request sample
$ osc-cli api DeleteNic --profile "default" \
    --NicId "eni-12345678"

This command contains the following attributes that you need to specify:

  • DryRun: (optional) If true, checks whether you have the required permissions to perform the action.

  • NicId: The ID of the NIC you want to delete.

The DeleteNic command returns the following elements:

  • ResponseContext: Information about the context of the response.

Result sample
{
  "ResponseContext": {
    "RequestId": "0475ca1e-d0c5-441d-712a-da55a4175157"
  }
}

Deleting an FNI Using AWS CLI

Before you begin: Detach the FNI from any instance it is attached to. For more information, see Detaching a NIC from a VM.

To delete an FNI, use the delete-network-interface command following this syntax:

Request sample
$ aws ec2 delete-network-interface \
  --profile YOUR_PROFILE \
  --network-interface-id eni-12345678 \
  --endpoint https://fcu.eu-west-2.outscale.com

This command contains the following attributes that you need to specify:

  • (optional) profile: The named profile you want to use, created when configuring AWS CLI. For more information, see Installing and Configuring AWS CLI.

  • network-interface-id: The ID of the FNI.

  • endpoint: The endpoint corresponding to the Region you want to send the request to.

The FNI is deleted.

Related Pages

Corresponding API Methods

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