Uninstall NGINX Agent

Overview

Learn how to uninstall F5 NGINX Agent from your system.

Before you begin

Prerequisites

• NGINX Agent installed NGINX Agent installed
• The user following these steps will need root privilege

Uninstall NGINX Agent

Complete the following steps on each host where you’ve installed NGINX Agent

• Uninstall NGINX Agent on RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, and Oracle Linux
• Uninstall NGINX Agent on Ubuntu
• Uninstall NGINX Agent on Debian
• Uninstall NGINX Agent on SLES
• Uninstall NGINX Agent on Alpine Linux
• Uninstall NGINX Agent on Amazon Linux
• Uninstall NGINX Agent on FreeBSD

Uninstall NGINX Agent on RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, and Oracle Linux

Complete the following steps on each host where you’ve installed NGINX Agent:

1. Stop NGINX Agent:

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   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

2. To uninstall NGINX Agent, run the following command:

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   sudo yum remove nginx-agent

   sudo yum remove nginx-agent

Uninstall NGINX Agent on Ubuntu

Complete the following steps on each host where you’ve installed NGINX Agent:

1. Stop NGINX Agent:

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   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

2. To uninstall NGINX Agent, run the following command:

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   sudo apt-get remove nginx-agent

   sudo apt-get remove nginx-agent

   The apt-get remove <package> command will remove the package from your system, while keeping the associated configuration files for possible future use. If you want to completely remove the package and all of its configuration files, you should use apt-get purge <package>.

Uninstall NGINX Agent on Debian

Complete the following steps on each host where you’ve installed NGINX Agent:

1. Stop NGINX Agent:

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   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

2. To uninstall NGINX Agent, run the following command:

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   sudo apt-get remove nginx-agent

   sudo apt-get remove nginx-agent

   The apt-get remove <package> command will remove the package from your system, while keeping the associated configuration files for possible future use. If you want to completely remove the package and all of its configuration files, you should use apt-get purge <package>.

Uninstall NGINX Agent on SLES

Complete the following steps on each host where you’ve installed NGINX Agent:

1. Stop NGINX agent:

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   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

2. To uninstall NGINX agent, run the following command:

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   sudo zypper remove nginx-agent

   sudo zypper remove nginx-agent

Uninstall NGINX Agent on Alpine Linux

Complete the following steps on each host where you’ve installed NGINX agent:

1. Stop NGINX agent:

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   sudo rc-service nginx-agent stop

   sudo rc-service nginx-agent stop

2. To uninstall NGINX agent, run the following command:

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   sudo apk del nginx-agent

   sudo apk del nginx-agent

Uninstall NGINX Agent on Amazon Linux

Complete the following steps on each host where you’ve installed NGINX agent:

1. Stop NGINX agent:

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   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

   sudo systemctl stop nginx-agent

2. To uninstall NGINX agent, run the following command:

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   sudo yum remove nginx-agent

   sudo yum remove nginx-agent

Uninstall NGINX Agent on FreeBSD

Complete the following steps on each host where you’ve installed NGINX agent:

1. Stop NGINX agent:

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   sudo service nginx-agent stop

   sudo service nginx-agent stop

2. To uninstall NGINX agent, run the following command:

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   sudo pkg delete nginx-agent

   sudo pkg delete nginx-agent