Deleting a Backend Server Group
===============================

Function
^^^^^^^^

This API is used to delete a backend server group.

Constraints
^^^^^^^^^^^

A backend server group can be deleted only after all servers are removed from the group, the health check configured for the group is deleted, and the group has no forwarding policies associated.

URI
^^^

DELETE /v3/{project_id}/elb/pools/{pool_id}

.. table:: **Table 1** Path parameters

   ========== ========= ====== =============================================
   Parameter  Mandatory Type   Description
   ========== ========= ====== =============================================
   project_id Yes       String Specifies the project ID.
   pool_id    Yes       String Specifies the ID of the backend server group.
   ========== ========= ====== =============================================

Request Parameters
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. table:: **Table 2** Request header parameters

   ============ ========= ====== ================================================
   Parameter    Mandatory Type   Description
   ============ ========= ====== ================================================
   X-Auth-Token Yes       String Specifies the token used for IAM authentication.
   ============ ========= ====== ================================================

Response Parameters
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

None

Example Requests
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: screen

   DELETE

   https://{elb_endpoint}/v3/99a3fff0d03c428eac3678da6a7d0f24/elb/pools/36ce7086-a496-4666-9064-5ba0e6840c75

Example Responses
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

None

Status Codes
^^^^^^^^^^^^

=========== ===================
Status Code Description
=========== ===================
204         Successful request.
=========== ===================

Error Codes
^^^^^^^^^^^

See `Error Codes <errorcode.html>`__.

**Parent topic:** `Backend Server Group <topic_300000006.html>`__