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+---
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# teardown-onos/tasks/main.yml
+#
+# Destroys the ONOS containers
+# NOTE: ignoring errors so that incomplete builds can be removed
+
+- name: Stop and remove onos-cord containers
+  docker_service:
+    project_name: "onoscord"
+    project_src: "{{ head_onos_cord_dir }}"
+    state: absent
+    remove_images: local
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: Stop and remove onos-fabric containers
+  when: use_fabric
+  docker_service:
+    project_name: "onosfabric"
+    project_src: "{{ head_onos_fabric_dir }}"
+    state: absent
+    remove_images: local
+  ignore_errors: yes
+