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DeleteDocument

Deletes the AWS Systems Manager document (SSM document) and all managed node associations to the document.

Before you delete the document, we recommend that you use DeleteAssociation to disassociate all managed nodes that are associated with the document.

Request Syntax


{
   "DocumentVersion": "string",
   "Force": boolean,
   "Name": "string",
   "VersionName": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

DocumentVersion

The version of the document that you want to delete. If not provided, all versions of the document are deleted.

Type: String

Pattern: ([$]LATEST|[$]DEFAULT|^[1-9][0-9]*$)

Required: No

Force

Some SSM document types require that you specify a Force flag before you can delete the document. For example, you must specify a Force flag to delete a document of type ApplicationConfigurationSchema. You can restrict access to the Force flag in an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Name

The name of the document.

Type: String

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]{3,128}$

Required: Yes

VersionName

The version name of the document that you want to delete. If not provided, all versions of the document are deleted.

Type: String

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]{1,128}$

Required: No

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AssociatedInstances

You must disassociate a document from all managed nodes before you can delete it.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServerError

An error occurred on the server side.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidDocument

The specified SSM document doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidDocumentOperation

You attempted to delete a document while it is still shared. You must stop sharing the document before you can delete it.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteDocument.

Sample Request


POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ssm.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
X-Amz-Target: AmazonSSM.DeleteDocument
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
User-Agent: aws-cli/1.17.12 Python/3.6.8 Darwin/18.7.0 botocore/1.14.12
X-Amz-Date: 20240324T151532Z
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20240324/us-east-2/ssm/aws4_request,
SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=39c3b3042cd2aEXAMPLE
Content-Length: 19

{
    "Name": "Example"
}

Sample Response

{}