Uninstall Collibra on Linux

When you no longer need the Collibra Platform software on your server(s), you can remove it.

This section describes how to do this safely on Linux systems.

Prerequisites

• If you have installed the software with root permissions, you must have root privileges to uninstall the software.
• You have stopped the environment.

Steps

1. Open a terminal session on your system.
2. Go to the installation directory
   • Default location on Linux as root or user with sudo privileges: /opt/collibra
   • Default location on Linux as standard user: ~/collibra
3. Start the uninstall script:
   • Uninstall with root permissions: sudo ./uninstall.sh
   • Uninstall without root permissions: ./uninstall.sh
   The Uninstall wizard starts.
4. Type yes to continue.
5. Type y if you want to delete the data directory or press Enter to keep the data.
6. Press Enter to end the wizard.

# ./uninstall.sh 
2022-09-19 12:28:26.067 - SUCCESS - Validate user
Installer will proceed to the removal of Collibra services.
Please make sure you have backed up all important data and shut down all services.
Have these steps been done?
Type "yes" to continue.
yes
2022-09-19 12:28:38.956 - SUCCESS - Confirm uninstallation
2022-09-19 12:28:41.239 - SUCCESS - Stop Agent service
2022-09-19 12:28:41.251 - SUCCESS - Ensure all managed services are stopped
2022-09-19 12:28:41.737 - SUCCESS - Remove Agent service
2022-09-19 12:28:44.005 - SUCCESS - Stop Console service
2022-09-19 12:28:44.274 - SUCCESS - Remove Console service
Delete data directory? [y/N]
y
2022-09-19 12:28:57.853 - SUCCESS - Delete data directory
2022-09-19 12:28:57.919 - SUCCESS - Delete installation directory
Uninstallation finished.
Press enter to exit.

2022-09-19 12:29:06.828 - SUCCESS - Exit
2022-09-19 12:29:06.828 - COMPLETED - Uninstallation finished in 40774ms.

If Collibra has been installed on multiple nodes, repeat this procedure on every node.