Destroying sessions
Once you have finished using a session - sessions can be destroyed using the alces session kill command together with the unique ID for the session.
To kill a session:
[alces-cluster@login1(hpc1) ~]$ alces session list
+----------+------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------+------+----------+
| Identity | Type | Host name | Host address | Display | Port | Password |
+----------+------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------+------+----------+
| 15b7ef74 | gnome | login1 | 10.77.0.253 | :1 | 5901 | sxnbdSj5 |
| 7607ea28 | terminal | login1 | 10.77.0.253 | :2 | 5902 | 7AERsrjT |
| 78929900 | terminal | login1 | 10.77.0.253 | :3 | 5903 | e60Ua8SC |
+----------+------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------+------+----------+
[alces-cluster@login1(hpc1) ~]$ alces session kill 7607ea28
alces session kill: session 7607ea28 has been terminated
[alces-cluster@login1(hpc1) ~]$ alces session list
+----------+------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------+------+----------+
| Identity | Type | Host name | Host address | Display | Port | Password |
+----------+------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------+------+----------+
| 15b7ef74 | gnome | login1 | 10.77.0.253 | :1 | 5901 | sxnbdSj5 |
| 78929900 | terminal | login1 | 10.77.0.253 | :3 | 5903 | e60Ua8SC |
+----------+------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------+------+----------+
Note - killing a session will disconnect any users currently connected to that session