How to delete secondary IP using Azure Cloud Shell CLI

Question

Cannot delete Azure VM secondary IP using Azure Cloud Shell.

When I run the command below, it just returns me to the prompt with no errors but does not delete the secondary IP from the NIC specified (the VM was stopped when I issued the command as suggested by the relevant docs)

az network nic ip-config delete --resource-group GNAC-Deb-Svr_group --name HA-Virtual-IP --nic-name gnac-policysvr-deb-sec10_z1

I have attached as a file the output I get when I run the command above with the --debug option.

When I try to run the update command instead of the delete command with the --remove option, I get the "ResourceNotFoundError". However, I have verified the resource is present using the az group list command and verified my subscription, tenant, etc is correct by using the az account show command.

 az network nic ip-config update --nic-name gnac-policysvr-deb-sec10_z1 --resource-group GNAC-Deb-Svr_group --remove secondary --name HA-
Virtual-IP
ResourceNotFoundError

Answer 1

Hello Brett Hamill,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A and thank you for posting your questions here.

I understand that you are unable to delete Azure VM secondary IP using Azure Cloud Shell without any reasonable error.

Kindly not just stop or pause the VM, shut it down.

The run these commands:

• Make sure the VM is shut down before you attempt this, meaning that VM is stopped and deallocated before attempting to delete the NIC configuration. az network nic ip-config delete --resource-group GNAC-Deb-Svr_group --nic-name gnac-policysvr-deb-sec10_z1 --name HA-Virtual-IP
• If deletion fails, you can try updating the NIC to remove the IP configuration: az network nic ip-config update --resource-group GNAC-Deb-Svr_group --nic-name gnac-policysvr-deb-sec10_z1 --name HA-Virtual-IP --remove ipConfigurations
• You need to be sure that the --remove parameter correctly matches the IP configuration name.

NOTE:

1. If the DELETE command does not return errors but does not delete the configuration, it might be useful to verify if the operation was successful.
2. If the command still doesn’t work, check if there are any errors or additional details returned
3. If CLI commands are failing, you can try using the Azure Portal

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Sina Salam