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Elastic Compute Service:DeleteImage

Last Updated:Sep 27, 2024

Deletes a custom image. When you call this operation, you can specify ImageId and Force in the request.

Operation description

For information about scenarios in which you cannot delete a custom image and the considerations related to custom image deletion, see Delete a custom image.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer.

Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • The required resource types are displayed in bold characters.
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
ecs:DeleteImagedelete
  • Image
    acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:image/{#imageId}
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
RegionIdstringYes

The region ID of the custom image. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

cn-hangzhou
ImageIdstringYes

The ID of the image. If the specified custom image does not exist, the request is ignored.

m-bp67acfmxazb4p****
ForcebooleanNo

Specifies whether to forcefully delete the custom image. Valid values:

  • true: forcefully deletes the custom image, regardless of whether the image is being used by other instances.
  • false: verifies that the image is not being used by other instances and then deletes the image.

Default value: false.

false

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object
RequestIdstring

The request ID.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E"
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError messageDescription
403ImageUsingByInstanceThe specified image has been used to create instances.The specified image has been used to create instances and cannot be deleted.
403ImageUseSharedThe specified image has been shared to others.The specified image is already shared with other accounts.
403OperationDenied.ImageCopyingThe Image is coping.The image is being copied. Try again later.
403ImageIsImportingThe specified Image is importing.The specified image is being imported and cannot be managed.
403ImageIsExportingThe specified Image is exporting. Please cancel task first.-
403ImageIsPublicYou can not delete public image, please modify it to private.The specified image is a community image and cannot be deleted. You must call the ModifyImageSharePermission operation to unpublish the image before you can delete the image.
404InvalidImageId.NotFoundThe specified ImageId does not exist.The specified image does not exist in this account. Check whether the image ID is correct.

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

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