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Control Plane prevents deletion of any resource that has the cpln/protected tag set to true. Use this tag to safeguard critical resources such as workloads and secrets from accidental deletion. To delete a protected resource, first remove the tag or change its value from true.

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Using the Console

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Add tag

From nearly any resource within the Console, follow these steps to add the protected tag:
  1. Click Tags.
  2. Click the Add button.
  3. In the blank row that was added:
    • Enter cpln/protected for the Key.
    • Enter true for the Value.
  4. Click Update.

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Remove tag

From nearly any resource within the Console, follow these steps to remove the protected tag:
  1. Click Tags.
  2. Click the delete icon for the row that contains the cpln/protected tag.
  3. Click Update.
You can also toggle resource protection by clicking the lock switch to the right of the Actions button.

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Using the CLI

Most resource commands support the tag subcommand. The examples below add and remove the cpln/protected tag from a workload. Substitute workload with the target resource kind.