Releasing nodes from S3 the cluster

Limitations

When the last node in the S3 cluster is removed, the cluster is destroyed and all of the data is deleted.

Prerequisites

The S3 cluster is created, as described in Creating the S3 cluster.
The cluster has enough nodes running name and object servers, as well as gateways left.

To release a node from the S3 cluster

Admin panel

Go to the Storage services > S3 > Nodes screen.
Select one or more nodes in the Included in S3 cluster section, and then click Release.
Click Yes in the confirmation window.

Command-line interface

To release not the last node from the S3 cluster, run:
```
# vinfra service s3 node release --nodes <nodes>
```
To release the last node and destroy the S3 cluster, run:
```
# vinfra service s3 cluster delete [--force]
```