how to delete load balancer using gcloud command?

Question

Deleting load balancer from console is easy. Just click on delete icon and wait for the load balancer to disappear.

Is there similar gcloud command to delete load balancer (cascade delete all related frontend, backend, url-map, health check etc. )?

GCP Documents explain how to setup various load balancers but none of them cover how to clean up

Eric Dand · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-24T01:46:30.930

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There is no single gcloud command to wipe out a loadbalancer. You'll need to delete its constituent parts, one at a time.

These parts are:

Backend

gcloud compute backend-services delete [BACKEND_SERVICE]

Target Proxy

gcloud compute target-${PROTOCOL}-proxies delete [TARGET_PROXY]

Forwarding Rules (Frontend)

gcloud compute forwarding-rules delete [FORWARDING_RULE]

Static IP addresses

gcloud compute addresses delete [IP_ADDRESS]

Health Checks

gcloud compute health-checks delete [HEALTH_CHECK]

URL Maps

gcloud compute url-maps delete [URL_MAP]

Depending on your needs, you may or may not want to actually delete your static IPs and health checks, or even have any URL maps to delete.

edited Feb 24 '18 at 01:46

answered Feb 23 '18 at 02:52

Eric Dand

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I had to delete in the order: forwarding rule, target-proxy, url map and then backend service. As it complained about dependencies otherwise. – worldofchris Dec 15 '20 at 15:56
what about certificates? – red888 Jun 16 '22 at 15:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '18 at 16:05

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This may be helpful to delete orphaned resources:

answered Jun 20 '18 at 16:05

James

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