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tousinn
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3 years ago

How to remove the Power BI gateway using PowerShell or REST API

Hi team   We are trying to delete Power BI gateway by using PowerShell module or REST API.   We tried to use DataGateway PowerShell module to get the gateway first and remove it using the comdlet...
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tousinn
Regular Visitor
3 years ago

Thanks lbendlin 

 

Does this mean we still could only remove the members from the gateway?

 

I am trying to remove the gateway itself by using PowerShell or REST API using Service Principal.

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lbendlin
Super User
3 years ago

When you remove the anchor member the entire gateway registration will be gone and all connections on that gateway too.

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    tousinn
    Regular Visitor
    3 years ago

    Hi lbendlin 

     

    Thanks for the replies.

     

    May I know what the anchor member is here?

     

    We only have the Azure Service Principal Assigned to the Gateway, which is the admin for the gateway as well.

     

    Is the Azure Service Principal the anchor member in this case?

     

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      lbendlin
      Super User
      3 years ago

      The anchor member is the primary VM registered as a gateway in a gateway cluster.  It is a machine identifier, not a login identifier.

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        tousinn
        Regular Visitor
        3 years ago

        Hi lbendlin 

         

        Thanks for the reply.

         

        What we are trying to do is to remove the whole gateway cluster by using service principal via PowerShell module or REST API, rather than removing individual gateway from the cluster.

         

        Is it supported at the moment? If so, could we know what permissions are required for the service principal?