Removing VM

This guide was written with the general idea of undoing the steps from our VM Setup guide going in reverse order.

Step 1 : Disable the host on Zabbix

This avoids having to create a maintenance period for the next step. This can be done 2 ways:

• 1st way : In Zabbix > Configuration > Hosts find the VM you want to disable, in the “status” column you should see “Enabled”, click “Enabled” to disable the VM you’ll get a confirmation prompt.

disabling host confirmation prompt

• 2nd way : In Zabbix > Configuration > Hosts, find the VM you want to disable, click its name, a configuration panel appears, uncheck the “Enabled” checkbox

configuration panel

Step 2 : Remove VM from HA group

In Proxmox

• 1. From your VM panel go to More > Manage HA in the top right corner

location of the "Manage HA" option

• 2. Set Request State to “stopped”

HA config panel

Step 3 : Undo IPA enrollment

This step can only be performed by the First Responder

• 1. Select the desired hostname and click delete

IPA hosts panel

• 2. This will open a modal, make sure to check the option to remove all A, AAAA, SSHFP and PTR records

Host removal confirmation prompt

Step 4 : Remove all references

Remove any reference of your VM from our DNS repo

Step 5 : Remove the vm on proxmox

• 1. From your vm panel go to More > Remove, in the top right corner

Proxmox vm removal option location

• 2. This will open a modal, make sure to check all boxes and confirm the id of the VM you’re removing

VM removal confirmation panel