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Question: How can you uninstall Redis Enterprise from your system?

Answer

Uninstalling Redis Enterprise Software (RS) involves a few steps. Here are the instructions for a standard Linux installation:

  1. Stop all the databases:
    For each database in the RS installation, you need to stop it before you can uninstall RS. You can use the rladmin command-line interface to stop the database.

```bash
rladmin stop db <db:id | name>
```

  1. Remove the RS installation package:
    On the node where you want to remove RS, run:

```bash
sudo yum remove redislabs
```
or

```bash
sudo apt-get remove redislabs
```
depending on the package manager your system is using. This command removes the RS software package and leaves the data directories intact.

  1. Remove RS directories:
    If you want to completely remove all RS files and directories, delete the /opt/redislabs directory.

```bash
sudo rm -rf /opt/redislabs
```

  1. Remove the RS user and group:
    If you want to also remove the RS user and group, run:

```bash
sudo userdel -r redislabs
```

Please note that these steps will result in permanent deletion of all data, including all databases. Be sure to back up any important data before proceeding with these steps.

Reference: Redis Labs Documentation

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