Uninstalling eperi sEcure Platform

Uninstall eperi sEcure Platform and delete all related files and directories.

Before you begin

  • The subsequent procedure assumes that eperi sEcure Platform was previously installed with the automated installation packages. The procedure does not work if eperi sEcure Platform was installed manually.
  • A user with root privileges is required.

About this task

The subsequent procedure deletes all files and directories of eperi sEcure Platform, including all configuration and log files.
CAUTION: Before you uninstall eperi sEcure Platform, make sure that you have created a backup of it as described in the section Backing up eperi sEcure Platform. Otherwise, you will never be able to access your data encrypted with eperi sEcure Platform.

Procedure

  1. Stop the services currently running: 
    sudo systemctl stop eperi-milter
sudo systemctl stop postfix
sudo systemctl stop eperi-gateway
  2. Remove the packages including the configuration files:
    For Ubuntu:
    sudo dpkg -P eperi-milter
sudo apt-get purge postfix
sudo dpkg -P eperi-gateway
    For RHEL:
    sudo rpm -ev eperi-milter
sudo yum remove postfix
sudo rpm -ev eperi-gateway
    For SLES:
    sudo rpm -e eperi-milter
sudo yum remove postfix
sudo rpm -e eperi-gateway
    For RHEL:Delete all remaining files and folders of the Gateway installation:
    cd /opt
sudo rm -r eperi
cd /etc
sudo rm -r eperi

Results

You have uninstalled eperi sEcure Platform. All related files and directories have been deleted from your system.