| name | kiali-delete |
| description | Delete Kiali, Bookinfo, and Istio from Minikube. Use when the user says "delete kiali", "cleanup kiali", "teardown kiali", or similar. |
Delete Kiali Development Environment
Clean up the Kiali development environment from Minikube by removing
all deployed resources.
All commands below assume they are run from the parent directory where
the kiali repository is located (e.g. kiali_sources/).
Step 1: Stop Running Kiali Processes
pkill -f run-kiali.sh
Step 2: Delete the Bookinfo Demo
kubectl delete -f $(ls -t kiali/_output/istio-*/samples/addons/extras/zipkin.yaml | head -1) 2>/dev/null || true
kubectl delete namespace bookinfo 2>/dev/null || true
Step 3: Delete Kiali
kubectl delete -f $(ls -t kiali/_output/istio-*/samples/addons/kiali.yaml | head -1) 2>/dev/null || true
Step 4: Uninstall Istio
ISTIOCTL=$(ls -t kiali/_output/istio-*/bin/istioctl | head -1)
$ISTIOCTL uninstall --purge -y
kubectl delete namespace istio-system
Step 5 (Optional): Delete the Minikube Cluster
If the user wants to remove the entire Minikube cluster:
minikube delete
