Chapter 12. Uninstalling Directory Server

Procedure

1. Remove all instances from the replication topology. If your instance is not a member of a replication topology skip this step.

2. Remove all instances from the server. For each instance, enter:

   # dsctl instance_name remove --do-it

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3. Remove the Directory Server packages:

   # dnf module remove redhat-ds

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4. Optional: Disable the dirsrv-12-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms repository:

   # subscription-manager repos --disable=dirsrv-12-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
   Repository 'dirsrv-12-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms' is disabled for this system.

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5. Optional: Remove the Red Hat Directory Server subscription from the system:

   Important

   If you remove a subscription that provides additional products than Directory Server, you will not be able to install or update packages for these products.

   • List the subscriptions attached to the host:

     # subscription-manager list --consumed
     Subscription Name:   Example Subscription
     ...
     Pool-ID:             5ab6a8df96b03fd30aba9a9c58da57a1
     ...

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   • Remove the subscription using the pool id from the previous step:

     # subscription-manager remove --pool=5ab6a8df96b03fd30aba9a9c58da57a1
     2 local certificates have been deleted.
     The entitlement server successfully removed these pools:
        5ab6a8df96b03fd30aba9a9c58da57a1
     The entitlement server successfully removed these serial numbers:
        1658239469356282126

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