Reset Cloud Builder in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1

The article provides steps to clear the history of bring-up processes. It can fix many issues when you try multiple deployments, and it fails. After that, your Cloud Builder instance will be cleared from previous runs.

Solution:

  1. Log into Cloud Builder through SSH as a admin user.
  2. Switch to root by typing su command.
  3. Connect to the PostgresSQL using the postgres account.
    sudo /usr/pgsql/13/bin/psql -U postgres -d bringup -h localhost
  4. Clear entries by running following commands:
    delete from execution;
    delete from "Resources";
    \q
  5. Refresh browser with Cloud Builder UI or open it once again.
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