Uninstalling QRadar EDR by using the Red Hat OpenShift Console

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You can uninstall an instance of IBM® Security QRadar® EDR by using the Red Hat® OpenShift® Console.

About this task

Uninstalling QRadar EDR deletes all data that is associated with QRadar EDR. Complete a backup procedure before uninstallation. For more information, see Backup and restore.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Console for your cluster.
  2. Go to Operators > Installed Operators and ensure that the Project is set to the namespace where QRadar EDR is installed.
  3. Click the IBM Security QRadar EDR operator.
  4. Go to the QRadar EDR tab and find the reaqta instance.
  5. Click the action menu next to reaqta and select Delete IBMSecurityReaQta.
    The QRadar EDR objects that depend on reaqta are removed. This process takes approximately 8 - 10 minutes.

What to do next

Uninstalling QRadar EDR by using the Red Hat OpenShift Console does not delete the namespace or custom resource definitions that are used by QRadar EDR, and does not uninstall IBM Cloud Pak® foundational services. If you need to uninstall foundational services, see Uninstalling foundational services.

Uninstalling the operators and catalog sources

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Procedure

  1. Log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Console for your cluster.
  2. From the menu, click Operators > Installed Operators.
  3. For Project, select All Project options.
  4. Uninstall each operator by clicking he action menu () for each operator and clicking Uninstall Operator.
  5. Delete the CatalogSource for the operators.
    Tip: Do not delete the CatalogSource if you are using other operators from the same catalog source.
    1. Click Administration > Cluster Settings.
    2. Go to the Global Configuration tab and then click OperatorHub.
    3. On the Sources tab, delete the catalog sources for ibm-operator-catalog.
  6. Delete the targeted namespace.
    1. Go to Home > Project.
    2. Search for the <qradar_edr_namespace>.
    3. Click the action menu () next to the project name and click Delete Project.
    Important: If the project remains in a Terminating state, see A namespace is stuck in the Terminating state for troubleshooting information.