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Uninstalling the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift

You can remove the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift from OpenShift Container Platform by uninstalling the Operator and removing its related resources.

Uninstalling the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift

You can uninstall the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift by using the web console.

Prerequisites

  • You have access to the cluster with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have access to the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

  • The cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift is installed.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

  2. Uninstall the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift Operator.

    1. Navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.

    2. Click the Options menu kebab next to the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift entry and click Uninstall Operator.

    3. In the confirmation dialog, click Uninstall.

Removing cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift resources

Once you have uninstalled the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift, you have the option to eliminate its associated resources from your cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have access to the cluster with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have access to the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

  2. Remove the deployments of the cert-manager components, such as cert-manager, cainjector, and webhook, present in the cert-manager namespace.

    1. Click the Project drop-down menu to see a list of all available projects, and select the cert-manager project.

    2. Navigate to Workloads → deployments.

    3. Select the deployment that you want to delete.

    4. Click the Actions drop-down menu, and select Delete deployment to see a confirmation dialog box.

    5. Click Delete to delete the deployment.

    6. Alternatively, delete deployments of the cert-manager components such as cert-manager, cainjector and webhook present in the cert-manager namespace by using the command-line interface (CLI).

      $ oc delete deployment -n cert-manager -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=cert-manager

  3. Optional: Remove the custom resource definitions (CRDs) that were installed by the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift:

    1. Navigate to Administration → CustomResourceDefinitions.

    2. Enter certmanager in the Name field to filter the CRDs.

    3. Click the Options menu kebab next to each of the following CRDs, and select Delete Custom Resource Definition:

      • Certificate

      • CertificateRequest

      • CertManager (operator.openshift.io)

      • Challenge

      • ClusterIssuer

      • Issuer

      • Order

  4. Optional: Remove the cert-manager-operator namespace.

    1. Navigate to Administration → Namespaces.

    2. Click the Options menu kebab next to the cert-manager-operator and select Delete Namespace.

    3. In the confirmation dialog, enter cert-manager-operator in the field and click Delete.