elasticsearch/docs/reference/cluster/delete-desired-nodes.asciidoc

[[delete-desired-nodes]]
=== Delete desired nodes API
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<titleabbrev>Delete desired nodes</titleabbrev>
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NOTE: {cloud-only}

Delete desired nodes.

[[delete-desired-nodes-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

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[source,console]
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PUT /_internal/desired_nodes/history/1
{
    "nodes" : [
        {
            "settings" : {
                 "node.name" : "instance-000187",
                 "node.external_id": "instance-000187",
                 "node.roles" : ["data_hot", "master"],
                 "node.attr.data" : "hot",
                 "node.attr.logical_availability_zone" : "zone-0"
            },
            "processors" : 8,
            "memory" : "58gb",
            "storage" : "1700gb",
            "node_version" : "{version}"
        }
    ]
}
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// TESTSETUP
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[source,console]
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DELETE /_internal/desired_nodes
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// TEST

[[delete-desired-nodes-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API deletes the desired nodes.

[[delete-desired-nodes-examples]]
==== {api-examples-title}

This example deletes the current desired nodes.

[source,console]
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DELETE /_internal/desired_nodes
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// TEST