Cloud Pak for Security: How to delete a Project stuck in a Terminating status

Steps

1. Log in to your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Console.
2. In Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Console click the drop-down arrow next to your username, select the option 'Copy login command', then click 'Display Token'.
   
   
   NOTE: You might need to authenticate again.
3. Highlight and copy the oc login command.
4. Connect to the Red Hat OpenShift Platform Server with SSH.
5. When successfully logged in paste the oc login command, copied in Step 3.

   oc login –-token=sha256......

6. Run the following command to retrieve a list of Projects.

   oc get projects

   A list of Projects are displayed, take note of the Project name that has a 'Terminating' status.
   NOTE: In the following commands, replace <Project> with the actual Project name.
7. Obtain a copy of the configuration for the Project that is in a Terminating status by running the following command.

   oc get namespace <Project> -o json > <Project>-ns.json

8. Create a Backup of the JSON configuration file.

   cp <Project>-ns.json <Project>-ns.backup.json

9. Edit the saved JSON configuration file.

   vi <Project>-ns.json

   {
       "apiVersion": "v1",
       "kind": "Namespace",
       "metadata": {
           ...
           "name": "finalizer-example",
           ...
       },
       "spec": {
           "finalizers": [
               "kubernetes"
           ]
       },
       "status": {
           ...
       }
   }
   

10. Scroll down the file and remove the contents of the finalizer array so your file looks similar to the next screen.
    Delete the reference to "Kubernetes".

            ...
        },
        "spec": {
            "finalizers": []
        },
            ...

11. Press escape (Esc) followed by :x to save the file.
12. Run a cat command on the <Project>-ns.json file to confirm the JSON file was saved correctly.

    cat <Project>-ns.json

13. Run the following curl command in your terminal window to fully remove the unwanted Project.

    curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $(oc whoami -t)" -X PUT --data-binary @<Project>-ns.json  https://<OPENSHIFT_CONSOLE_ADDRESS>:6443/api/v1/namespaces/<Project>/finalize

14. Confirm in the Red Hat OpenShift Server from the command line that the Project was removed by running the 'oc get projects' command again.

    oc get projects

    NOTE: You can also verify from the Red Hat OpenShift Console page that the Project was removed from under the Projects section.