How to answer mandatory values for each AWS EC2 VM when destroying a deployment via REST API

[JayhawkEric]

We have a Blueprint made up of 5 AWS EC2 VM's.  When destroying a deployment via UI you have to modify the "Delete Volume" option for each VM because it's set to NULL.  I can't find a way to change the default value within the Blueprint but it's not a terrible hassle when using the UI for one or two destroys.

When trying to destroy a deployment via API, though, the destroy action request template for the deployment doesn't have the "provider-DeleteVolumes" option listed so the destroy fails.  I have to destroy all 5 VM's individually, which adds a lot of load to the system as is it processes 5 times the workflows.

Deployment destroy action request template:

{
    "type": "com.vmware.vcac.catalog.domain.request.CatalogResourceRequest",
    "resourceId": "7b888b98-e4d8-4e23-a382-71c24692b9ea",
    "actionId": "91d8ab6e-46ff-4573-b730-e7948b7af616",
    "description": null,
    "data": {
        "ForceDestroy": false
    }
}

Machine destroy action request template:

{
    "type": "com.vmware.vcac.catalog.domain.request.CatalogResourceRequest",
    "resourceId": "5b802189-4498-469e-939d-530043b8514c",
    "actionId": "5f51c11d-395f-4e08-82b5-d7e09f33f246",
    "description": null,
    "data": {
        "provider-DeleteVolumes": null
    }
}

Anyone know how to either change default provider-DeleteVolumes option on the Blueprint OR somehow set this option when destroying the deployment?

[JayhawkEric]

Talked to VMware. They are looking at options to correct this. Won't come out until 7.5 release, though.

For now we are destroying via VM and will also run a Lambda function daily to delete any unattached AWS Volumes.

[multihawk]

This will work with an update to the deployments Destroy action template.

Just add ""provider-DeleteVolumes": null" to the data section when destroying the entire blueprint.

{
    "type": "com.vmware.vcac.catalog.domain.request.CatalogResourceRequest",
    "resourceId": "7b888b98-e4d8-4e23-a382-71c24692b9ea",
    "actionId": "91d8ab6e-46ff-4573-b730-e7948b7af616",
    "description": null,
    "data": {
        "ForceDestroy": false,

        "provider-DeleteVolumes": null

    }
}