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Delete Virtual Device By Uuid

Request

Delete a virtual device. For some device types (e.g., Palo Alto devices), you also need to provide a deactivation key as a body parameter. For a device pair, the deleteRedundantDevice field must be marked True so we delete both the devices simultaneously.

Security

BearerAuth

Path

uuidstringrequired

Unique Id of a Virtual Device

Example:3da0a663-20d9-4b8f-8c5d-d5cf706840c8

Query

deleteRedundantDeviceboolean

Optional parameter in case you have a secondary device. As both the primary and secondary devices are deleted simultaneously, this field must be marked True so we delete both the devices simultaneously.

Default:false

Example:deleteRedundantDevice=false

Bodyapplication/json

deletionInfo

deactivationKeystring

If you do not provide a deactivation key for a Palo Alto BYOL device, you must contact your vendor to release the license.

Example:"8dfbd5ba3610234d9e550032603cc34762af140533e2c1de0111d3451d16eefd"

secondaryobject(SecondaryDeviceDeleteRequest)

Request to delete a secondary virtual device

Payload

{
  "deactivationKey": "8dfbd5ba3610234d9e550032603cc34762af140533e2c1de0111d3451d16eefd",
  "secondary": {
    "deactivationKey": "8dfbd5ba3610234d9e550032603cc34762af140533e2c1de0111d3451d16eefd"
  }
}

Responses

The deletion is in progress. Call Get virtual device {uuid} API to check the status of your deletion.

Response

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