removing a node when it has failed commissioning is not possible from the UI

[LaMont Jones]

If a node failed to commission, and I wish simply to remove it from maas completely, there is no way to do that from the UI, since the remove node button is greyed out at that stage. I believe that the failed state is the same way.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Brian Morton (rokclimb15)]

Is there a workaround for this bug such as a way to delete from shell? I'm not familiar enough with the internals of MAAS to do this safely.

[Raphaël Badin (rvb)]

You can delete a node like this:
$ sudo maas
> from maasserver.models import Node
> node = Node.objects.get(hostname='myhostname')
> node.delete()

[Brian Morton (rokclimb15)]

Raphael,

That works very well, thanks.

To start the shell, run

$ sudo maas shell

then proceed normally with those instructions.

[drolfe (drolfe)]

Yep below worked for me very well

$ sudo maas
> from maasserver.models import Node
> node = Node.objects.get(hostname='myhostname')
> node.delete()

Thanks Raphaël

[RickP (rickpham)]

I have search for this temp fix for many days, this temp fix is excellent for deleting physical node in a stuck commission state. Thank you Raphael.

[Kurt (burnbrighter)]

Is the functionality of the shell documented anywhere? This would be VERY useful to know. Given the gui doesn't always work the way it should, I could see this as really good and important information.

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

On Saturday 09 Jun 2012 04:31:51 you wrote:
> Is the functionality of the shell documented anywhere? This would be
> VERY useful to know. Given the gui doesn't always work the way it
> should, I could see this as really good and important information.

It's not documented, it's intended as a developer and support tool.

[Josu (jok-erensuge)]

Thanks!! Very useful !!