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Securely delete disks on decommission #451

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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ A server is deleted either when a service is moving to a new server (:doc:`creat
As with other deployment tasks, do the :ref:`setup tasks<generic-setup>` before (and the :ref:`cleanup tasks<generic-cleanup>` after) the steps below.

#. If appropriate, notify relevant users of the change
#. Remove the server from ``salt/prometheus/server/files/config/conf-prometheus.yml``
#. Remove the server from ``salt/prometheus/files/conf-prometheus.yml``
#. :doc:`Deploy<deploy>` the Prometheus service
#. Shutdown the server via the :ref:`host<hosting>`'s interface
#. Remove all occurrences of the server's FQDN and IP address from this repository
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Finally:

#. Securely erase server disks

#. Request an *Rescue* system via the :ref:`host<hosting>`'s interface and connect as ``root``.
#. Open a session in :ref:`tmux<tmux>`
#. Securely remove data, for example wiping the /dev/sda device:

.. code-block:: bash

shred -z -n 1 -v /dev/sda

#. Cancel the server via the host's interface