Uninstalling the Python data collector

To uninstall the Python data collector, roll back the changes that you have made to your application and then update the application deployment.

Procedure

1. Remove relative content from your Python application.

   • If your Python application is based on Django 1.10 or later versions, remove the following content from the MIDDLEWARE section in setting.py of your Django application:

     'ibm_python_dc.kpg_plugin.ResourceMiddleware',
     

   • If your Python application is based on Django 1.9 or older versions, remove the following content from the MIDDLEWARE_CLASS section in setting.py of your Django application:

     'ibm_python_dc.kpg_dc_django.ResourceMiddleware',
     

   • If your Python application is based on Flask, remove the Python data collector wsgi middleware content from the application file. For more information, see Monitoring on-premises Python applications running in individual Docker container.

2. If you deploy your application in individual Docker container or Kubernetes environments, remove all relative content from Dockerfile to not install python data collector and rebuild the Docker image.

3. If you deploy your application on Kubernetes environments, remove all relative content from Python application yaml file.

4. If you deploy your application on bare-metal node or VMs, execute the following commands to remove installed Python data collector packages:

   pip uninstall ibm-python-restclient
   pip uninstall ibm-python-dc
   

5. Restart your application.