Delete a Kafka cluster
Termination policy
note
The termination policy determines how a cluster is deleted. Set the policy when creating a cluster.
| terminationPolicy | Deleting Operation |
|---|---|
DoNotTerminate | DoNotTerminate blocks delete operation. |
Halt | Halt deletes workload resources such as statefulset, deployment workloads but keep PVCs. |
Delete | Delete deletes workload resources and PVCs but keep backups. |
WipeOut | WipeOut deletes workload resources, PVCs and all relevant resources included backups. |
- kbcli
- kubectl
To check the termination policy, execute the following command.
kbcli cluster list mycluster -n demo
>
NAME NAMESPACE CLUSTER-DEFINITION VERSION TERMINATION-POLICY STATUS CREATED-TIME
mycluster demo kafka kafka-3.3.2 Delete Running Sep 27,2024 15:15 UTC+0800
kubectl -n demo get cluster mycluster
>
NAME CLUSTER-DEFINITION VERSION TERMINATION-POLICY STATUS AGE
mycluster kafka kafka-3.3.2 Delete Running 19m
Steps
- kbcli
- kubectl
Run the command below to delete a specified cluster.
kbcli cluster delete mycluster
Run the command below to delete a specified cluster.
kubectl delete -n demo cluster mycluster
If you want to delete a cluster and its all related resources, you can set the termination policy to WipeOut, then delete the cluster.
kubectl patch -n demo cluster mycluster -p '{"spec":{"terminationPolicy":"WipeOut"}}' --type="merge"
kubectl delete -n demo cluster mycluster