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title: Uninstalling a cluster on RHOSP from your own infrastructure
---

# Uninstalling a cluster on RHOSP from your own infrastructure {#uninstalling-openstack-user}

You can remove a cluster that you deployed to Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) on user-provisioned infrastructure.

## Downloading playbook dependencies {#installation-osp-downloading-modules_uninstalling-openstack-user}

```
The Ansible playbooks that simplify the removal process on user-provisioned
infrastructure require several Python modules. On the machine where you will run the process,
add the modules' repositories and then download them.
```

> [!NOTE]
> These instructions assume that you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.

**Prerequisites**

- Python 3 is installed on your machine.

**Procedure**

1. On a command line, add the following repositories:

   1. Register with Red Hat Subscription Manager:

      ```terminal
      $ sudo subscription-manager register # If not done already
      ```
   2. Pull the latest subscription data:

      ```terminal
      $ sudo subscription-manager attach --pool=$YOUR_POOLID # If not done already
      ```
   3. Disable the current repositories:

      ```terminal
      $ sudo subscription-manager repos --disable=* # If not done already
      ```
   4. Add the required repositories:

      ```terminal
      $ sudo subscription-manager repos \
        --enable=rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms \
        --enable=rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms \
        --enable=openstack-17.1-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms
      ```
2. Install the modules:

   ```terminal
   $ sudo yum install python3-openstackclient ansible python3-openstacksdk
   ```
3. Ensure that the `python` command points to `python3`:

   ```terminal
   $ sudo alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3
   ```

## Removing a cluster from RHOSP that uses your own infrastructure {#installation-uninstall-infra_uninstalling-openstack-user}

You can remove an OpenShift Container Platform cluster on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) that uses your own infrastructure. To complete the removal process quickly, run several Ansible playbooks.

**Prerequisites**

- Python 3 is installed on your machine.
- You downloaded the modules in "Downloading playbook dependencies."
- You have the playbooks that you used to install the cluster.
- You modified the playbooks that are prefixed with `down-` to reflect any changes that you made to their corresponding installation playbooks. For example, changes to the `bootstrap.yaml` file are reflected in the `down-bootstrap.yaml` file.
- All of the playbooks are in a common directory.

**Procedure**

1. On a command line, run the playbooks that you downloaded by entering the following command:

   ```terminal
   $ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml  \
   	down-bootstrap.yaml      \
   	down-control-plane.yaml  \
   	down-compute-nodes.yaml  \
   	down-load-balancers.yaml \
   	down-network.yaml        \
   	down-security-groups.yaml
   ```
2. Remove any DNS record changes you made for the OpenShift Container Platform installation.

   OpenShift Container Platform is removed from your infrastructure.