API method to delete an Execution Server

[Quali-Community]

In an effort to fully automate the deployment and teardown of Execution Servers, we need a way to programmatically delete an existing ES from CloudShell. We'd like something like a 'delete' API method which will also wait until all current jobs running on that server are finished before deleting it from CS. A 'force' option might be useful also where the server is immediately removed without waiting for jobs to finish.

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 Kevin Masaryk (Kevin.Masaryk24) - 08/24/2022 10:59 PM

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[kmasaryk]

The delete method would only need to "unregister" the Execution Server, exactly like running the QsExecutionServerConsoleConfig.exe command with the /ur option. The deletion should remove the server immediately without regard for any existing jobs since this can be achieved with other API calls.

The process to remove a server non-disruptively would be:

1. API call to exclude the server.
2. Poll the server until no jobs are running via the Executions API call. Just need to filter the job list for the server in question.
3. Delete the server from CS via the API call requested here.

This allows for a full CI/CD pipeline including the automated redeployment of Execution Servers. Cattle, not pets.