Uninstall Portworx using the Operator

If you’re using the Portworx Operator, you can uninstall Portworx by adding a delete strategy to your StorageCluster object, then deleting it. When uninstalling, you may choose to either keep the the data on your drives, or wipe them completely.

Prerequisites

• You must already be running Portworx through the Operator, this method will not work for other Portworx deployments

Uninstall Portworx

1. Enter the oc edit command to modify your storage cluster:

     oc edit -n kube-system <storagecluster_name>

2. Modify your StorageCluster object, adding the deleteStrategy field with either the Uninstall or UninstallAndWipe type:

   • Uninstall Portworx only:

     apiVersion: core.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1
     kind: StorageCluster
     metadata:
       name: portworx
       namespace: kube-system
     spec:       
       deleteStrategy:
         type: Uninstall

   • Uninstall Portworx and wipe all drives:

     WARNING: Wipe operations remove all data from your disks permanently including the Portworx metadata, use caution when applying the DeleteStrategy spec.

     apiVersion: core.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1
     kind: StorageCluster
     metadata:
       name: portworx
       namespace: kube-system
     spec:       
       deleteStrategy:
         type: UninstallAndWipe

3. Enter the oc delete command, specifying the name of your StorageCluster object:

oc delete <your-storagecluster>