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calicoctl ipam release

This section describes the calicoctl ipam release command.

Read the calicoctl overview for a full list of calicoctl commands.

Displaying the help text for 'calicoctl ipam release' command​

Run calicoctl ipam release --help to display the following help menu for the command.

Usage:
  calicoctl ipam release [--ip=<IP>] [--from-report=<REPORT>] [--config=<CONFIG>]

Options:
  -h --help                   Show this screen.
     --ip=<IP>                IP address to release.
     --from-report=<REPORT>   Release all leaked addresses from the report.
  -c --config=<CONFIG>        Path to the file containing connection configuration in
                              YAML or JSON format.
                              [default: /etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg]

Description:
  The ipam release command releases an IP address from the Calico IP Address
  Manager that was been previously assigned to an endpoint.  When an IP address
  is released, it becomes available for assignment to any endpoint.

  Note that this does not remove the IP from any existing endpoints that may be
  using it, so only use this command to clean up addresses from endpoints that
  were not cleanly removed from Calico.

Examples​

calicoctl ipam release --ip=192.168.1.2
calicoctl ipam release --from-report=./report.json

General options​

-c --config=<CONFIG>      Path to the file containing connection
                          configuration in YAML or JSON format.
                          [default: /etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg]

See also​