Chapter 7. Uninstalling Directory Server

In certain situations, administrators what to uninstall Directory Server from a host. This chapter describes this procedure.

7.1. Uninstalling Directory Server

If you no longer require Directory Server running on a server, uninstall the packages as described in this section.

Prerequisites

  • Directory Server installed on the host

Procedure

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

    For details about removing an instance from the topology, see Removing a Supplier from the Replication Topology in the Red Hat Directory Server Administration Guide.

  2. Remove all instances from the server.

    For details, see Removing a Directory Server Instance in the Red Hat Directory Server Administration Guide.

  3. Remove the Directory Server packages: 

    # yum module remove redhat-ds

  4. Optionally, disable the dirsrv-11-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms repository: 

    # subscription-manager repos --disable=dirsrv-11-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
Repository 'dirsrv-11-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms' is disabled for this system.

  5. Optionally, 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
...

    • 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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