Provide more precise uninstall instructions (#5347)
* Provide more precise uninstall instructions Related to #5341 * Update UNINSTALL.md
Chris Akritidis committed
Feb 8, 2019 at 11:27 UTC
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A workflow for uninstallation looks like this:
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-1. Find your .environment file
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+1. Find your `.environment` file, which is usually `/etc/netdata/.environment` in a default installation.
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2. If you cannot find that file and would like to uninstall netdata, then create new file with following content:
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```
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NETDATA_PREFIX="<installation prefix>" # put what you used as a parameter to shell installed `--install` flag. Otherwise it should be empty
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NETDATA_ADDED_TO_GROUPS="<additional groups>" # Additional groups for a user running netdata process
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```
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-3. Download [netdata-uninstaller.sh](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh) and run it as follows: `netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env <path_to_environment_file>`. The default `path_to_environment_file` is `/etc/netdata`, it's the location of the file `.environment` that is used by the uninstaller.
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+3. Download, chmod and run netdata-uninstaller.sh.
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+```
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+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh
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+chmod +x ./netdata-uninstaller.sh
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+./netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env <environment_file>
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+```
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+The default `environment_file` is `/etc/netdata/.environment`.
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Note: This uninstallation method assumes previous installation with netdata-installer.sh or kickstart script. Currently using it when netdata was installed by a package manager can work or cause unexpected results.
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