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DeleteContainerFleet - Amazon GameLift Servers

DeleteContainerFleet

Deletes all resources and information related to a container fleet and shuts down currently running fleet instances, including those in remote locations. The container fleet must be in ACTIVE status to be deleted.

To delete a fleet, specify the fleet ID to be terminated. During the deletion process, the fleet status is changed to DELETING.

Learn more

Setting up Amazon GameLift Servers Fleets

Request Syntax

{ "FleetId": "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.

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

FleetId

A unique identifier for the container fleet to delete. You can use either the fleet ID or ARN value.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: ^[a-z]*fleet-[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+$|^arn:.*:[a-z]*fleet\/[a-z]*fleet-[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+$

Required: Yes

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.

InternalServiceException

The service encountered an unrecoverable internal failure while processing the request. Clients can retry such requests immediately or after a waiting period.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

One or more parameter values in the request are invalid. Correct the invalid parameter values before retrying.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

The requested resources was not found. The resource was either not created yet or deleted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TaggingFailedException

The requested tagging operation did not succeed. This may be due to invalid tag format or the maximum tag limit may have been exceeded. Resolve the issue before retrying.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnauthorizedException

The client failed authentication. Clients should not retry such requests.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedRegionException

The requested operation is not supported in the Region specified.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Delete a fleet that is no longer in use

This example deletes an existing fleet.

HTTP requests are authenticated using an AWS Signature Version 4 signature in the Authorization header field.

Sample Request

{ "FleetId": "containerfleet-2222bbbb-33cc-44dd-55ee-6666ffff77aa" }

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-amzn-RequestId: b34f8665-EXAMPLE Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:48:07 GMT

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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