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Destroy Cloud Stack in AWS

Author: Matthew Fernandez

Destroy Cloud Stack in AWS

Tears down everything created by Deploy Cloud Stack in AWS — terminates all five stack VMs in parallel, deletes the VPC and related networking resources, deletes the keypair, and re-syncs the AWS dynamic inventory so hosts are removed from AAP.

Prerequisites

A stack previously deployed with Deploy Cloud Stack in AWS
AWS credential configured

Survey prompts

Prompt	Variable	Type	Required
AWS Region	`create_vm_aws_region`	multiplechoice	Yes

Terminates all five stack VMs in parallel
Syncs AWS inventory so hosts are removed from AAP
Deletes keypair aws-test-key and VPC aws-test-vpc (and related resources: subnet, route table, internet gateway, security group) in parallel

Note: S3 report buckets created during deploy are not deleted by this workflow.

Presenter walkthrough

When to use: Run this at the end of a demo session or when you need to start fresh. It’s safe to run even if some VMs are already terminated.
Launch: Select the same AWS region used for Deploy. The workflow handles everything else.
Watch the parallel teardown: All five VMs are terminated simultaneously, then VPC and keypair cleanup happens.

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Workflow

graph LR
  S["🏠 Start"]
  S --> A
  S --> B
  S --> C
  S --> D
  S --> E
  A["💥 Delete aws-dc"] --> F["🔄 Sync Inventory"]
  B["💥 Delete aws_win1"] --> F
  C["💥 Delete aws-rhel9"] --> F
  D["💥 Delete aws-rhel10"] --> F
  E["💥 Delete reports"] --> F
  F --> G["🔑 Delete Keypair"]
  F --> H["🌐 Delete VPC"]
  style A fill:#4a1a1a,stroke:#ef4444,color:#fff
  style B fill:#4a1a1a,stroke:#ef4444,color:#fff
  style C fill:#4a1a1a,stroke:#ef4444,color:#fff
  style D fill:#4a1a1a,stroke:#ef4444,color:#fff
  style E fill:#4a1a1a,stroke:#ef4444,color:#fff
  style F fill:#2d1f4e,stroke:#a78bfa,color:#fff
  style G fill:#1e3a5f,stroke:#4a90d9,color:#fff
  style H fill:#1e3a5f,stroke:#4a90d9,color:#fff
  style S fill:#212427,stroke:#8a8d90,color:#fff

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