This article helps with steps to delete Duplicate nodes from Paragon setup.
Steps to delete/remove Duplicate node ::
RestAPI process to Delete::
1. normal delete by nodeIndex.
Request URL
https://##<ParagonGUI IPAddr>##/traffic-engineering/api/topology/v2/1/nodes/<NodeIndexID>
Request Method
DELETE
2. If step 1 failed to delete, force delete.
https://##<ParagonGUI IPAddr>##/traffic-engineering/api/topology/v2/1/nodes/force/<NodeIndexID>
If REST API 1 and 2 also failed to delete then last using topo_util script.
3. topo_util force_delete to delete duplicate node.
root@debugutils-**##** /# /opt/northstar/utils/topo_util
Example5: topo_util force_delete <node|link|lsp|p2mp> <ID_INT> [*ALL|CONFIGURED|PERSISTED|MERGED] <-- force delete element
root@debugutils-**##**:/opt/northstar/utils# ./topo_util force_delete node 8 *(Here 8 is the id_int or nodeIndexID of the particular node to be deleted)
Creating publisher - host: rabbitmq port:5672.
Publishing force delete op: node id_int:8 message to controller.wan.pcs:force_delete ...
Sent!
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2025-09-08 : Article Created
2025-11-26 : Removed IPaddr and commented hostname to make it public