linode_destroy.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local

  vars_prompt:

  - name: prompt_linode_label
    prompt: What is the label of the linode you want to delete?
    private: no

  tasks:

  - name: Deleting {{ prompt_linode_label }}!
    ansible.builtin.debug:
      msg: 'Deleting {{ prompt_linode_label }}, hope that is what you wanted'

  - name: pip install linode_api4
    pip:
      name: linode_api4

  - name: Ensure linode is missing (delete if present)
    linode_v4:
      label: "{{ prompt_linode_label }}"
      access_token: "{{ maximum_ethics_linode_token }}"
      state: absent

  # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/known_hosts_module.html
  - name: Remove hostname from ~/.ssh/known_hosts
    known_hosts:
      name: '{{ prompt_linode_label }}'
      state: absent

  - name: Remove lines with unwanted occurrences of hostname
    lineinfile:
      path: "{{ inventory_directory }}/hosts"
      regexp: '^{{ prompt_linode_label }}$'
      state: absent
    become: true

  - name: Remove from /etc/hosts
    lineinfile:
      path: "/etc/hosts"
      regexp: '{{ prompt_linode_label }}$'
      state: absent
    become: true