def delete_instance(self, instance_id, project_id=None):
        """
        
        """

        instance = self._get_client(project_id=project_id).instance(instance_id)
        try:
            instance.delete()
            return
        except GoogleAPICallError as e:
            self.log.error('An error occurred: %s. Exiting.', e.message)
            raise e