Delete and Re-create an Instance

After creating an instance, if you no longer need the instance, you can delete it. If you want to use the same instance again later on, you can re-create the instance.

To learn what happens when you delete and restart an instance, see Deleting and Re-creating an Instance in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic.

1. Sign in to the Compute Classic console.
2. On the Instances page, identify the instance that you want to delete.
3. Click the Orchestrations tab.
4. Go to the orchestration that controls the instance that you want to delete.
5. From the menu, select Suspend. The status of the orchestration changes to Suspending. After all nonpersistent objects have been deleted, the status of the orchestration changes to Suspended.

   Caution:

   If you terminate the orchestration instead of suspending it, all the objects created by the orchestration are deleted, including persistent objects such as storage volumes.

6. When you are ready to re-create the instance, on the Orchestrations page, go to the orchestration that controls the instance that you want to re-create. From the menu, select Start.
   The status of the orchestration changes to Starting. After all objects have been created, the status of the orchestration changes to Ready.