What's correct way to remove Netdata? Automated method not working

did you try purge?

corus9

Hello,

I tried the following commands:

wo stop stack --netdata
wo remove stack --netdata
wo purge stack --netdata

but, all failed, and netdata is still running when I try TOP:

https://prnt.sc/YLU44g76ZAVK

alexlii1971 https://docs.wordops.net/commands/stack/#stack-purge

Endda that;s about it, add --force if still does not work

@alexlii1971 did that command work for you with/without the pruge attribute?

@corus9 I did the command and it says it executed it properly, but I still see the service at the top of htop

do i need to reboot the vps or something?

@VirtuBox why is removing this feature so buggy?

corus9

I tried:

wo stack stop --netdata --force

wo stack remove --netdata --force

wo stack purge --netdata --force

but it still is running:

I already report on Github, but there is no reply.

jonathannz

The following method does not work for m:

Run wo stack remove --netdata
Then run wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --uninstall

sudo wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --uninstall
--2024-09-18 04:17:46-- https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh
Resolving my-netdata.io (my-netdata.io)... 2606:4700:3031::6815:d9f, 2606:4700:3036::ac43:9cc0, 172.67.156.192, ...
Connecting to my-netdata.io (my-netdata.io)|2606:4700:3031::6815:d9f|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 307 Temporary Redirect
Location: https://get.netdata.cloud/kickstart.sh [following]
--2024-09-18 04:17:46-- https://get.netdata.cloud/kickstart.sh
Resolving get.netdata.cloud (get.netdata.cloud)... 2606:4700:20::681a:98d, 2606:4700:20::681a:88d, 2606:4700:20::ac43:48aa, ...
Connecting to get.netdata.cloud (get.netdata.cloud)|2606:4700:20::681a:98d|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 93642 (91K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh’

/tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh 100%[=========================================================>] 91.45K --.-KB/s in 0.003s

2024-09-18 04:17:46 (27.9 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh’ saved [93642/93642]

--- Using /tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32 as a temporary directory. ---
--- Checking for existing installations of Netdata... ---
[/tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32]# test -x /usr/libexec/netdata/netdata-uninstaller.sh
FAILED

--- Downloading netdata-uninstaller ... ---
[/tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32]# /usr/bin/curl --fail -q -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --retry 3 --output /tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32/netdata-uninstaller.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh
OK

[/tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32]# /tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32/netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes
/tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32/netdata-uninstaller.sh: 720: .: cannot open /etc/netdata/.environment: No such file

Wed Sep 18 04:17:46 UTC 2024 : FATAL: netdata-uninstaller.sh: FAILED TO UNINSTALL NETDATA: Failed to completely remove Netdata from this system.
FAILED

WARNING Uninstaller failed. Some parts of Netdata may still be present on the system.

Finished uninstalling the Netdata Agent.The following non-fatal warnings or errors were encountered:

• Command "test -x /usr/libexec/netdata/netdata-uninstaller.sh" failed with exit code 1.
• Command "/tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32/netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes" failed with exit code 1.
• Uninstaller failed. Some parts of Netdata may still be present on the system.

[/root]# rm -rf /tmp/netdata-kickstart-6QKZyR1c32
OK

I was just about to go and submit an official bug report. but am happy to see you have already done that alexlii

• WordOps/WordOps#690

I hope this gets resolved soon as I remember having issues uninstalling this for many versions now

alexlii1971 Have you rebooted your server after removing Netdata?

portofacil I just did a reboot and netdata is still showing up as a running/active service

This script is part of a tool I use on non-WO servers. I stripped the parts that don't relate to removing Netdata. Perhaps it can help you.

#!/bin/bash

# Function to print messages
print_message() {
    echo "--------------------------------------------------"
    echo "$1"
    echo "--------------------------------------------------"
}

# Stop the Netdata service
print_message "Stopping Netdata service"
sudo systemctl stop netdata

# Disable the Netdata service
print_message "Disabling Netdata service"
sudo systemctl disable netdata

# Uninstall Netdata
print_message "Uninstalling Netdata"
sudo apt-get remove --purge -y netdata

# Remove residual configuration files
print_message "Removing residual configuration files"
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge -y netdata

# Remove Netdata directories and files
print_message "Removing Netdata directories and files"
sudo rm -rf /etc/netdata /var/lib/netdata /usr/lib/netdata /var/cache/netdata /var/log/netdata /usr/share/netdata

# Remove Netdata user and group
print_message "Removing Netdata user and group"
sudo deluser --remove-home netdata
sudo delgroup netdata

# Clean up systemd service
print_message "Cleaning up systemd service"
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl reset-failed

# Check for any remaining Netdata processes and kill them
print_message "Checking for remaining Netdata processes"
remaining_processes=$(ps aux | grep netdata | grep -v grep)

if [ -n "$remaining_processes" ]; then
    print_message "Killing remaining Netdata processes"
    sudo killall netdata
else
    print_message "No remaining Netdata processes found"
fi

print_message "Netdata uninstallation complete"

portofacil I could just copy/paste these commands, right? instead of uploading a script and running it?