Cleanup and Uninstall Guide

This guide provides instructions for completely removing Observo Site and its components from your VM installation.

Pre-cleanup Steps

1. Backup Important Data

# Backup Kubernetes configurations
kubectl get all -n observo-client -o yaml > observo-backup.yaml

# Backup nginx configurations
sudo cp /etc/nginx/conf.d/stream/tcp-proxy.conf nginx-backup.conf

# Backup k3s configuration
sudo cp /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml k3s-backup.yaml

Uninstallation Steps

1. Remove Observo Components

# Remove all resources in observo-client namespace
kubectl delete namespace observo-client

# Verify removal
kubectl get namespace observo-client

2. Clean Up k3s Installation

# Stop k3s service
sudo systemctl stop k3s

# Uninstall k3s
/usr/local/bin/k3s-uninstall.sh

# Remove k3s binary
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/k3s

3. Remove Nginx Configuration

# Remove Observo-specific configurations
sudo rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/stream/tcp-proxy.conf

# Restart nginx to apply changes
sudo systemctl restart nginx

4. Clean Up System Files

# Remove k3s data directory
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/rancher/k3s

# Remove kubectl configuration
rm ~/.kube/config

# Remove temporary files
rm -rf /tmp/k3s*

Storage Cleanup

1. Remove Persistent Data

# Check mounted volumes
df -h

# Remove data directories
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/observo
sudo rm -rf /opt/local-path-provisioner

2. Clean Container Storage

# Remove containerd data
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/containerd

# Remove container runtime files
sudo rm -rf /run/k3s

For additional assistance, refer to:

• Installation Guide