Chapter 9. Uninstall the Loki Operator


You can uninstall the Loki Operator and delete its persistent volume claims (PVCs) from your cluster.

9.1. Uninstall the Loki Operator

You can uninstall Loki Operator by using either the OpenShift CLI (oc) or the Red Hat OpenShift Logging web console. After uninstalling Loki Operator, delete persistent volume claims (PVCs) if you do not want to reuse them in other installations of LokiStack.

9.1.1. Delete the Loki Operator by using the CLI

You can delete the Loki Operator by using the OpenShift CLI (oc).

Prerequisites

  • You have administrator permissions.
  • You installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

Procedure

  1. Delete the LokiStack custom resource (CR) by running the following command:

    $ oc delete LokiStack logging-loki -n openshift-logging

    Substitute logging-loki with the name of your LokiStack CR if you have used a different name.

  2. Check the current version of the subscribed Loki Operator in the currentCSV field by running the following command:

    $ oc get csv -n openshift-operators-redhat | grep loki-operator

    You get an output similar to the following example:

    loki-operator.v6.2.4      Loki Operator               6.2.4     loki-operator.v6.2.3                    Succeeded

    Note the first field in the output, it indicates the currentCSV value.

  3. Delete the subscription associated with the Loki Operator by running the following command:

    $ oc delete subscriptions.operators.coreos.com loki-operator -n openshift-operators-redhat
  4. Delete the CSV object for Loki Operator in the target namespace using the currentCSV value obtained from the earlier step:

    $ oc delete csv loki-operator.v6.2.4 -n openshift-operators-redhat
  5. Uninstall the Loki Operator by running the following command:

    $ oc delete OperatorGroup <name> -n openshift-operators-redhat

You can delete the Loki Operator by using the Red Hat OpenShift Logging web console.

Prerequisites

  • You have administrator permissions.
  • You have access to the Red Hat OpenShift Logging web console.

Procedure

  1. In the web console, go to Operators Installed Operators.
  2. Find Loki Operator in the list and click kebab next to it, then click Uninstall Operator.
  3. In the pop-up, select Delete all operand instances for this operator and click Uninstall.

9.1.3. Delete logging PVCs by using the CLI

You can delete persistent volume claims (PVCs) if you do not want to reuse them in other installations of LokiStack by using the OpenShift CLI (oc).

Prerequisites

  • You have administrator permissions.
  • You installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

Procedure

  • Delete logging PVCs by running the following command:

    $ oc -n openshift-logging delete pvc -l app.kubernetes.io/name=lokistack

You can delete persistent volume claims (PVCs) if you do not want to reuse them in other installations of LokiStack, by using the web console.

Prerequisites

  • You have administrator permissions.
  • You have access to the Red Hat OpenShift Logging web console.

Procedure

  1. In the web console, go to the Storage Persistent Volume Claims page.
  2. Click kebab next to each PVC, and select Delete Persistent Volume Claim.
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