How to delete orphaned webhook from an Azure automation account

Question

Hi everyone, Simple question. How do I delete an orphaned webhook using the Azure portal? There doesn't seem to be a way to list all webhooks or delete them using the portal. I just deleted a PowerShell runbook that had a webhook attached to it. I expected that the webhook would be deleted automatically at the same time as the runbook, but when I try to create a new webhook in the automation account using the same webhook name it says that a webhook with that name already exists. Thanks for the help, Steve G

Answer 1

Hi amon-2590,

Thanks for the information about the Azure Resource Explorer. I had no idea that this thing existed. It may well prove useful in the future.

However, there doesn't seem to be a facility to delete a webhook through the explorer. When I expand the webhooks node the Data (GET, PUT) tab on the right shows json script for the two existing webhooks, including for the runbook that I deleted. The Actions (POST,DELETE) tab only shows a single generateUri button with a POST which I presume returns the uri to call the webhook (see attached image). I note that this is a product in preview, so is it possible that functionality to delete a webhook hasn't been implemented yet?

I have also explored the runbooks node, but the runbook that I previously deleted was not listed, not even just a place holder or other remnants.

However, your post did give me another idea. I used the portal to re-create the runbook that I had previously deleted and magically the webhook re-attached itself. So I opened the blade for the webhook and successfully deleted via the Delete button.

Thanks for the help,

SteveG

Answer 2

You will be able to delete it via resources.azure.com
Subscription Name -> Resource Group -> Providers -> Automation (see attached image)
I suspect you will see the web hook here under the "web hook" category, but you will probably also see some remnants of the runbook under the "runbook" category.

* PLEASE BE CAREFUL *
Anything you delete here can have consequences...

You can read more about the Azure resource manager in this really nice blog post

Answer 3

I found today that you cannot delete WebHooks in the Azure Resource Explorer. There's no Edit button.

The Remove-AzAutomationWebhook PowerShell command does work, however, for deleting orphaned webhooks.