Use DeleteLaunchConfiguration with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DeleteLaunchConfiguration with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DeleteLaunchConfiguration.

CLI
AWS CLI

To delete a launch configuration

This example deletes the specified launch configuration.

aws autoscaling delete-launch-configuration \
    --launch-configuration-name my-launch-config

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Deleting your Auto Scaling infrastructure in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example deletes the specified launch configuration if it is not attached to an Auto Scaling group. You are prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds.

Remove-ASLaunchConfiguration -LaunchConfigurationName my-lc

Output:

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Remove-ASLaunchConfiguration (DeleteLaunchConfiguration)" on Target "my-lc".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):

Example 2: If you specify the Force parameter, you are not prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds.

Remove-ASLaunchConfiguration -LaunchConfigurationName my-lc -Force