Recycle Bin¶
The Recycle Bin is a platform-wide feature that collects all deleted resources across every resource type in whitesky.cloud NV. It provides a safety net against accidental deletions, giving you time to review and recover resources before they are permanently removed.
Tip
Deleted resources remain in the recycle bin for 7 days by default and are then permanently removed. Your platform operator can change this period, so it may be different on your platform. Restore what you need before it expires.
Supported Resource Types¶
The Recycle Bin holds deleted resources from the following types, each accessible via a dedicated tab:
| Resource Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Cloudspaces | Entire cloudspaces with all VMs, disks, and networking |
| Objectspaces | Object storage containers and their data |
| Virtual Machines | Individual VMs with their attached disks |
| Buckets | S3-compatible bucket containers |
| Disks | Standalone data disks not attached to VMs |
| VM Images | Custom VM image templates |
| CDROM Images (ISO) | Operating system installation media |
| vGPUs | Deleted virtual GPU allocations |
How Resources End Up in the Recycle Bin¶
Any time you delete a resource through the portal, the API, or the CLI, the resource is moved to the Recycle Bin instead of being destroyed immediately. Deleting disks and buckets in the portal is a soft delete (the portal requests the deletion with permanently=false). Deleting through the API with permanently=true removes the resource without leaving it in the Recycle Bin. This applies to:
- Single resources deleted individually
- Bulk deletions
- Resources deleted via automation scripts
Restoring Resources¶
In the Recycle Bin, you can restore or permanently delete resources like:
- Cloudspaces
- Objectspaces
- Virtual Machines
- Buckets
- Disks
- VM Images
- CDROM Images (ISO Images)
- vGPUs
These resource types are filtered by tabs.
Steps to Restore or Delete a Resource¶
- Select the resource type from the given tabs.
- Select the resource by checking the checkbox beside the resource name.
- Click the restore button if you want to restore the resource, or click the delete button if you want to delete it.
- Restore takes effect immediately: there is no confirmation dialog. This applies to cloudspaces and disks alike. If you delete the resource permanently, you first have to click Confirm in the popup, which warns you that resources cannot be restored; for a cloudspace it reads "Delete Cloud Space: After deleting from the recycle bin, resources cannot be restored! Please confirm permanently deleting resources." (Cancel / Confirm).
- Wait until the confirmation message appears.
The selected resource will be removed from the list.
The list can lag a few seconds behind a deletion or restore. The deletion time is shown as dd/mm/yy hh:mm:ss. A restored disk did not appear in the disk list of the virtual machine it was previously attached to.
Note
The vGPUs tab's confirmation dialog is titled Detach vGPUs rather than a generic delete title — the action is the same permanent removal, just worded differently for this resource type.
Tip
Deleted resources remain in the recycle bin for 7 days by default and are then permanently removed. Your platform operator can change this period, so it may be different on your platform. Restore what you need before it expires.
Resources Information¶
Each resource tab lists the deleted resources of that type, with the following columns:
Name, Location, Deletion Time
Name, Location, Deletion Time
Name, Cloudspace Name, Cloudspace Status, Location, Deletion Time
Name, Objectspace, Objectspace Status, Location, Deletion Time
Name, Location, Deletion Time
Name, Location, OS Type, Memory, Boot Image Size, Status
Name, Location, OS Name, OS Type
vGPU, GPU, Deletion Time
Note
If one or more cloud locations are unreachable when the recycle bin loads, a dismissible warning appears: "Showing partial results as the communication with cloud location(s) X failed during building the cloudspaces list."