Troubleshoot the CannotDeleteLoadBalancerWithPrivateLinkService or PrivateLinkServiceWithPrivateEndpointConnectionsCannotBeDeleted error code
This article discusses how to identify and resolve the CannotDeleteLoadBalancerWithPrivateLinkService
or PrivateLinkServiceWithPrivateEndpointConnectionsCannotBeDeleted
error that occurs when you try to delete a Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster.
Symptoms
When you try to delete an AKS cluster, you receive one of the following error messages:
For the
CannotDeleteLoadBalancerWithPrivateLinkService
error code:internalErrorCode: "CannotDeleteLoadBalancerWithPrivateLinkService"
StatusCode=BadRequest
{
"Cannot delete load balancer ...../providers/Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/kubernetes-internal since it is referenced by private link service ...../providers/Microsoft.Network/privateLinkServices/test. Please delete private link service prior to deleting load balancer."
}
For the
PrivateLinkServiceWithPrivateEndpointConnectionsCannotBeDeleted
error code:internalErrorCode: "PrivateLinkServiceWithPrivateEndpointConnectionsCannotBeDeleted"
StatusCode=BadRequest
{
message: "Private link service ...../Microsoft.Network/privateLinkServices/test cannot be deleted since it has 1 private endpoint connections. Please delete all private endpoint connections before deleting the private link service."
}
Cause
The private link service can't be deleted because the cluster is associated with private endpoint connections.
Solution
Make sure that the private link service isn't associated with any private endpoint connections. Delete all private endpoint connections before you delete the private link service. For more information, see Azure: How to delete a private link service that has a private endpoint connected to it?.
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