How to wipe OpenStack disks in OpenShift Container Platform 4 reinstallation.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

To securely and completely wipe the disk content of a VM in OpenStack, the approach depends on the type of storage backend (Cinder volumes, ephemeral disks on local compute host, or Ceph-backed instances).

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 [RHOCP]
  • OpenStack Platform.

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