Uninstalling a dynamic module

Instructions

1. To uninstall a dynamic module:

   For Amazon Linux 2, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and RHEL:

   yum remove <dynamic_module_name>
   

   For Amazon Linux 2023, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux:

   dnf remove <dynamic_module_name>
   

   For Debian and Ubuntu:

   apt-get remove <dynamic_module_name>
   

   For SLES:

   zypper remove <dynamic_module_name>
   

   For FreeBSD:

   pkg delete <dynamic_module_name>
   

Configuration

After uninstalling the package, you will need to disable the module in F5 NGINX Plus configuration file nginx.conf.

1. Disable dynamic loading of the module by removing the corrsponding load_module directive.

2. In NGINX Plus configuration file, remove all directives related to the dynamic module.

3. Test the configuration and reload NGINX Plus to disable the module:

   nginx -t && nginx -s reload
   

More Info

• NGINX Module Reference

• NGINX Dynamic Modules

• NGINX Plus Technical Specifications