Deleting a Route Table

You can delete a route table that you no longer need and that is not associated with any Subnet. You cannot delete the route table that is set as main.

Deleting a Route Table Using Cockpit

Before you begin: Unlink the route table from the Subnets it is linked to. For more information, see Unlinking a Route Table from a Subnet.

  1. In the Route Tables dashboard, hover over the row of the route table you want to delete and click the IconDotMenu action menu.
    A drop-down menu appears.

    You can delete multiple route tables at a time, by checking the boxes of the route tables you want to delete, and clicking IconTerminate Delete at the bottom left of the screen.

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

  3. Click Delete.
    The route table is deleted.

Deleting a Route Table Using octl

Before you begin: Unlink the route table from the Subnets it is linked to. For more information, see Unlinking a Route Table from a Subnet.

The DeleteRouteTable command deletes a specified route table.
Before deleting a route table, you must disassociate it from any Subnet. You cannot delete the main route table.

Request sample
$ octl iaas api DeleteRouteTable --profile "default" \
  --RouteTableId "rtb-12345678"

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

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

  • RouteTableId: The ID of the route table you want to delete.

The DeleteRouteTable command returns the following elements:

  • ResponseContext: Information about the context of the response.

    • RequestId: The ID of the request.

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

Deleting a Route Table Using OSC CLI

Before you begin: Unlink the route table from the Subnets it is linked to. For more information, see Unlinking a Route Table from a Subnet.

The DeleteRouteTable command deletes a specified route table.
Before deleting a route table, you must disassociate it from any Subnet. You cannot delete the main route table.

Request sample
$ osc-cli api DeleteRouteTable --profile "default" \
    --RouteTableId "rtb-12345678"

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

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

  • RouteTableId: The ID of the route table you want to delete.

The DeleteRouteTable command returns the following elements:

  • ResponseContext: Information about the context of the response.

    • RequestId: The ID of the request.

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

Deleting a Route Table Using oapi-cli

Before you begin: Unlink the route table from the Subnets it is linked to. For more information, see Unlinking a Route Table from a Subnet.

The DeleteRouteTable command deletes a specified route table.
Before deleting a route table, you must disassociate it from any Subnet. You cannot delete the main route table.

Request sample
$ oapi-cli --profile "default" DeleteRouteTable \
    --RouteTableId "rtb-12345678"

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

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

  • RouteTableId: The ID of the route table you want to delete.

The DeleteRouteTable command returns the following elements:

  • ResponseContext: Information about the context of the response.

    • RequestId: The ID of the request.

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

Deleting a Route Table Using AWS CLI

Before you begin:

To delete a route table, use the delete-route-table command following this syntax:

Request sample
$ aws ec2 delete-route-table \
    --profile YOUR_PROFILE \
    --route-table-id rtb-1234abcd \
    --endpoint https://fcu.eu-west-2.outscale.com

This command contains the following options 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.

  • route-table-id: The ID of the route table.

  • endpoint: The endpoint corresponding to the Region you want to send the request to. For more information, see Installing and Configuring AWS CLI.

The route table is deleted.

Related Pages

Corresponding API Methods

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