AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . ec2 ]

delete-fleets

Description

Deletes the specified EC2 Fleet request.

After you delete an EC2 Fleet request, it launches no new instances.

You must also specify whether a deleted EC2 Fleet request should terminate its instances. If you choose to terminate the instances, the EC2 Fleet request enters the deleted_terminating state. Otherwise, it enters the deleted_running state, and the instances continue to run until they are interrupted or you terminate them manually.

A deleted instant fleet with running instances is not supported. When you delete an instant fleet, Amazon EC2 automatically terminates all its instances. For fleets with more than 1000 instances, the deletion request might fail. If your fleet has more than 1000 instances, first terminate most of the instances manually, leaving 1000 or fewer. Then delete the fleet, and the remaining instances will be terminated automatically.

Restrictions
  • You can delete up to 25 fleets of type instant in a single request.
  • You can delete up to 100 fleets of type maintain or request in a single request.
  • You can delete up to 125 fleets in a single request, provided you do not exceed the quota for each fleet type, as specified above.
  • If you exceed the specified number of fleets to delete, no fleets are deleted.

For more information, see Delete an EC2 Fleet request and the instances in the fleet in the Amazon EC2 User Guide .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  delete-fleets
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
--fleet-ids <value>
--terminate-instances | --no-terminate-instances
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]

Options

--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .

--fleet-ids (list)

The IDs of the EC2 Fleets.

Constraints: In a single request, you can specify up to 25 instant fleet IDs and up to 100 maintain or request fleet IDs.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--terminate-instances | --no-terminate-instances (boolean)

Indicates whether to terminate the associated instances when the EC2 Fleet is deleted. The default is to terminate the instances.

To let the instances continue to run after the EC2 Fleet is deleted, specify no-terminate-instances . Supported only for fleets of type maintain and request .

For instant fleets, you cannot specify NoTerminateInstances . A deleted instant fleet with running instances is not supported.

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table
  • yaml
  • yaml-stream

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

  • base64
  • raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

Example 1: To delete an EC2 Fleet and terminate the associated instances

The following delete-fleets example deletes the specified EC2 Fleet and terminates the associated On-Demand Instances and Spot Instances.

aws ec2 delete-fleets \
    --fleet-ids fleet-12a34b55-67cd-8ef9-ba9b-9208dEXAMPLE \
    --terminate-instances

Output:

{
    "SuccessfulFleetDeletions": [
        {
            "CurrentFleetState": "deleted_terminating",
            "PreviousFleetState": "active",
            "FleetId": "fleet-12a34b55-67cd-8ef9-ba9b-9208dEXAMPLE"
        }
    ],
    "UnsuccessfulFleetDeletions": []
}

For more information, see Delete an EC2 Fleet in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide for Linux Instances.

Example 2: To delete an EC2 Fleet without terminating the associated instances

The following delete-fleets example deletes the specified EC2 Fleet without terminating the associated On-Demand Instances and Spot Instances.

aws ec2 delete-fleets \
    --fleet-ids fleet-12a34b55-67cd-8ef9-ba9b-9208dEXAMPLE \
    --no-terminate-instances

Output:

{
    "SuccessfulFleetDeletions": [
        {
            "CurrentFleetState": "deleted_running",
            "PreviousFleetState": "active",
            "FleetId": "fleet-12a34b55-67cd-8ef9-ba9b-9208dEXAMPLE"
        }
    ],
    "UnsuccessfulFleetDeletions": []
}

For more information, see Delete an EC2 Fleet in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide for Linux Instances.

Output

SuccessfulFleetDeletions -> (list)

Information about the EC2 Fleets that are successfully deleted.

(structure)

Describes an EC2 Fleet that was successfully deleted.

CurrentFleetState -> (string)

The current state of the EC2 Fleet.

PreviousFleetState -> (string)

The previous state of the EC2 Fleet.

FleetId -> (string)

The ID of the EC2 Fleet.

UnsuccessfulFleetDeletions -> (list)

Information about the EC2 Fleets that are not successfully deleted.

(structure)

Describes an EC2 Fleet that was not successfully deleted.

Error -> (structure)

The error.

Code -> (string)

The error code.

Message -> (string)

The description for the error code.

FleetId -> (string)

The ID of the EC2 Fleet.
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