Deleting a CoPilot Instance

You may need to delete (terminate) an existing CoPilot instance. For example, after you migrate CoPilot data to a new CoPilot instance, it is recommended that you delete the old instance.

If you deployed your CoPilot by using Terraform scripts or from the CSP marketplace, you must manually delete the CoPilot instance from the cloud provider environment.

When deleting the CoPilot from the cloud provider environment, delete associated cloud resources:

For a fault tolerant (cluster) deployment, delete the CoPilot Server instance as well as the CoPilot Data instances.

If you deployed your CoPilot from the Controller user interface, you can delete the last-deployed CoPilot instance via the Controller user interface as described in the next section. Do not use that option if you want to delete an old (source) CoPilot instance after deploying a new (destination) CoPilot instance as that option will delete your last-deployed new instance. You must manually remove your old (source) CoPilot instance after your new instance is functional.

If you deployed your CoPilot from the Controller user interface, you can delete the last-deployed CoPilot — simple or fault tolerant (cluster) deployment — by using the Delete Deployed CoPilot Instance option in Aviatrix Controller > Settings > CoPilot.

This method of deleting CoPilot is commonly used immediately after deployment when the instance was accidentally deployed into the wrong VPC.

Do not use this option if you want to delete an old (source) CoPilot instance after deploying a new (destination) CoPilot instance from the Controller as this option will delete your last-deployed new instance. You must manually remove your old (source) CoPilot instance after your new instance is functional.