Delete Instance

This article explains the legacy version of WAF that underwent end-of-life on June 30, 2021. Our new version of WAF expands upon all of the capabilities offered by WAF (Legacy) and Rate Limiting (Legacy) with a simplified and centralized setup. Please upgrade to the latest version of WAF at your earliest convenience.

WAF Essential cannot be configured via our APIs. However, you may leverage our APIs to retrieve WAF and Rate Limiting event log data.

Deletes a WAF instance.

Request

A request to delete an instance is described below.

HTTP Method	Request URI
DELETE	https://api.edgecast.com/v2/mcc/customers/AccountNumber/waf/config/instances/InstanceID

Define the following variables when submitting the above request:

VariableA variable represents a value that must be replaced. A variable consists of either a URL segment (e.g., "0001" in /0001/) or a query string value (e.g., "3" in mediaTypes=3).	Description
AccountNumber Required	Replace this variable with a customer account number. This account number may be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC.
InstanceID Required	Replace this variable with the system-defined ID of the desired instance. Use the Get All Instances endpoint to retrieve a list of all available instances and their system-defined IDs.

Request Headers

This endpointIdentifies a request's connection point to our REST API service. only takes advantage of common request headers.

Request Body

Request body parameters are not required by this endpoint.

Response

The response to the above request includes an HTTP status code, response headers, and a response body.

Status Code

A status code indicates whether the request was successfully performed.

Response Headers

The response for this endpoint only includes standard HTTP response headers.

View common response headers.

Response Body

The response body for a successful request does not contain a response parameter.

Errors

The response body for an unsuccessful request will contain an error response that provides additional information.

View common error messages.

Sample Request and Response

A sample request is shown below.

A sample response is shown below.