PingFederate Server

Uninstalling PingFederate from a Linux server

Before you begin

  • Ensure you are signed on to your system with sufficient privileges to uninstall an application.

About this task

You can use the systemd service or the SysV initialization script to uninstall PingFederate from a Linux server.

Steps

  1. Uninstall PingFederate using one of the following methods:

    Choose from:

    • To uninstall PingFederate using the systemd service, use the following systemctl commands to stop and disable PingFederate:

      systemctl stop pingfederate ;\
systemctl disable pingfederate ;\
systemctl daemon-reload

      You can also remove the PingFederate systemd unit file pingfederate.service from the systemd unit files directory /etc/systemd/system before running the systemctl daemon-reload command.

    • To uninstall PingFederate using the SysV initialization script:

      Do one of the following:

    • Use the Service Configuration utility to stop and disable the PingFederate service.

    • Remove any symbolic links from various initialization directories to stop the PingFederate service.

    • Remove the PingFederate SysV initialization script pingfederate from the SysV initialization directory /etc/rc.d/init.d.

    Depending on the operating system, the exact directory locations might vary. Consult your system administrators as needed.

  2. Optional: Remove the PingFederate installation directory, <pf_install>.