# How to delete templates?

**Category:** [Community](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/community/10)
**Created:** 2024-12-17 17:46 UTC
**Views:** 220
**Replies:** 10
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-delete-templates/6045

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## Post #1 by @Btalex99

Following the guide, I uploaded a template to my local server. Now I would like to delete it but I can't find the delete on the Restapi.

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## Post #2 by @ian.mcnicoll

It on the admin ali https://docs.ehrbase.org/api/hip-ehrbase/admin

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## Post #3 by @birger.haarbrandt

Please see https://docs.ehrbase.org/api/hip-ehrbase/admin#tag/Template/operation/deleteTemplate 

Be aware that you need to enable the Admin API. Please see https://github.com/ehrbase/ehrbase/blob/develop/configuration/src/main/resources/application.yml for available parameters. 

Please see also https://discourse.openehr.org/t/list-of-available-override-the-application-properties-like-database-settings-in-ehrbase/1580 how to overwrite configurations when using Docker.

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## Post #4 by @Btalex99

Thank you for the clarification. I am using Docker, where can I find the application.yml file? I apologize in advance for the basic questions, but I am still inexperienced.

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## Post #5 by @ian.mcnicoll

of note here in the config you see

```
template:
    # Allows to override templates using POST
    allow-overwrite: false
```
We routinely set this to `true` in non-production settings to more easily delete and overwrite templates in development.

If you are using Docker-compose, you can setup a .env file in the same folder which will overwrite the default settings

```
SERVER_NODENAME=freshehr.ehrbase.org
SYSTEM_ALLOW_TEMPLATE_OVERWRITE=true
ADMINAPI_ACTIVE=true
```

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## Post #6 by @Btalex99

I can't find the application.yml file, so I don't understand which folder I should put the .env file in. What can I do? Thanks in advance.

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## Post #7 by @ian.mcnicoll

Hi Alex,

You cannot access the application.yml file directly as it lives inside the Docker container, but you can override some of the settings via Environment variables.

To do this create a file called .env.ehrbase alin the same folder as the docker-compose.yml file and add these items (our preference) - you can change the SERVER_NODENAME you whatever you prefer.

```
SERVER_NODENAME=ehrbase.freshehr.com
SECURITY_AUTHTYPE=BASIC
SECURITY_AUTHUSER=ehrbase-user
SECURITY_AUTHPASSWORD=SuperSecretPassword
SECURITY_AUTHADMINUSER=ehrbase-admin
SECURITY_AUTHADMINPASSWORD=EvenMoreSecretPassword
SECURITY_OAUTH2USERROLE=USER
SECURITY_OAUTH2ADMINROLE=ADMIN
SPRING_SECURITY_OAUTH2_RESOURCESERVER_JWT_ISSUERURI=
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINTS_WEB_EXPOSURE=env,health,info,metrics,prometheus
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINTS_WEB_BASEPATH=/management
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINT_ENV_ENABLED=false
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINT_HEALTH_ENABLED=false
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINT_HEALTH_DATASOURCE_ENABLED=false
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINT_INFO_ENABLED=false
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINT_METRICS_ENABLED=false
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINT_PROMETHEUS_ENABLED=false
MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINT_HEALTH_PROBES_ENABLED=false
SYSTEM_ALLOW_TEMPLATE_OVERWRITE=true
ADMINAPI_ACTIVE=true
```

If you look at the Ddocker-compose .yml file you will see that it contains the lines 

```
    env_file:
      - .env.ehrbase
```

This is what tells the Docker container where to find your environment variables.

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## Post #8 by @Btalex99

Where can I find the folder of the 'docker-compose.yml' file?

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## Post #9 by @ian.mcnicoll

The easiest way to do this is to clone the ehrbase git repository locally. Yiu will see the docker compose file in the root folder.  The env file need to  be in the same folder.

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## Post #10 by @Btalex99

I managed to enable admin permissions, but I saw that in the APIs I should enter an {adminApiUrlPath}, but I can't figure out what it is 

curl -X DELETE "[http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr/8849182c-82ad-4088-a07f-48ead4180515"](http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr/8849182c-82ad-4088-a07f-48ead4180515%22) \

-H "Prefer: return=representation"

(base) alessandrodimatteo@MacBook-Pro-di-alessandro-5 ~ % curl -X POST "[http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr"](http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr%22) \

-H "Content-Type: application/json" \

-H "Prefer: return=representation" \

-d '{

"archetype_node_id": "openEHR-EHR-EHR_STATUS.generic.v1",

"name": {

"value": "EHR status"

},

"uid": {

"_type": "OBJECT_VERSION_ID",

"value": "8849182c-82ad-4088-a07f-48ead4180515::openEHRSys.example.com::1"

},

"subject": {

"_type": "PARTY_SELF"

},

"is_queryable": true,

"is_modifiable": true,

"_type": "EHR_STATUS"

}' | jq .

As example i insert this EHR, and now, i don't know the correct delete request

i tried this request: curl -X DELETE "[http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr/13b5ac2c-cd6e-415d-bac6-29b60c2776a7"](http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr/13b5ac2c-cd6e-415d-bac6-29b60c2776a7%22)

{"error":"Method Not Allowed","message":"Request method 'DELETE' is not supported"}

but it returns this message every time, what it the mistake?

As example i insert this EHR, and now, i don't know the correct delete request

i tried this request: curl -X DELETE "[http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr/13b5ac2c-cd6e-415d-bac6-29b60c2776a7"](http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr/13b5ac2c-cd6e-415d-bac6-29b60c2776a7%22)

{"error":"Method Not Allowed","message":"Request method 'DELETE' is not supported"}

but it returns this message every time, what it the mistake?
specifically, i don't understand what is the https://{ehrbaseUrl}/{adminApiUrlPath}/ehr/{ehr_id}

{adminAPiUrlPath} that I shell use

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## Post #11 by @vidi42

The EHR delete is only an admin function in EHRbase.
If you have `ADMINAPI_ACTIVE=true` as @ian.mcnicoll suggested, then you will find the admin REST API at the default context `/rest/admin`

So you're delete cURL should look something like this:
```
curl --request DELETE \
  --url http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/admin/ehr/8849182c-82ad-4088-a07f-48ead4180515 \
  --header 'accept: application/json'
```

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