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## delete-domain

deletes a domain

Synopsis

    delete-domain [--help] [--domaindir domaindir] domain-name

Description

The `delete-domain` subcommand deletes the specified domain. The domain must already exist and must be stopped.

This subcommand is supported in local mode only.

Options

`--help`
`-?`

  Displays the help text for the subcommand.

`--domaindir`

  The directory where the domain to be deleted is located. If specified, the path must be accessible in the file system. If not specified, the domain under the domain root directory, which defaults to as-install`/domains`, is deleted.

Operands

domain-name

  The unique name of the domain you want to delete.

Examples

Example 1 Deleting a Domain

  This example deletes a domain named `mydomain4` from the default domains directory.

      asadmin> delete-domain mydomain4
      Domain mydomain4 deleted.
      Command delete-domain executed successfully.

Example 2 deleting a Domain From an Alternate Location

  This example deletes a domain named `sampleDomain` from the `/home/someuser/domains` directory.

      asadmin> delete-domain --domaindir /home/someuser/domains sampleDomain
      Domain sampleDomain deleted
      Command delete-domain executed successfully.

Exit Status

0

  subcommand executed successfully

1

  error in executing the subcommand

See Also

create-domain(1), start-domain(1), stop-domain(1), list-domains(1)

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