From c69cb8cc094cc916adbc516b09e944cd3d137c01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:08:07 +0200
Subject: Adding upstream version 1.29.3.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+<!--
+title: "Uninstall Netdata"
+description: "If you are no longer interested in using the Netdata Agent, use the self-contained uninstaller to remove all traces of binaries and configuration files."
+custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md
+-->
+
+# Uninstall Netdata
+
+> ⚠️ If you're having trouble updating Netdata, moving from one installation method to another, or generally having
+> issues with your Netdata Agent installation, consider our [**reinstall Netdata**
+> doc](/packaging/installer/REINSTALL.md) instead of removing the Netdata Agent entirely.
+
+Our self-contained uninstaller is able to remove Netdata installations created with shell installer. It doesn't need any
+other Netdata repository files to be run. All it needs is an `.environment` file, which is created during installation
+(with shell installer) and put in `${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/.environment` (by default `/etc/netdata/.environment`).
+That file contains some parameters which are passed to our installer and which are needed during uninstallation process.
+Mainly two parameters are needed:
+
+```sh
+NETDATA_PREFIX
+NETDATA_ADDED_TO_GROUPS
+```
+
+A workflow for uninstallation looks like this:
+
+1.  Find your `.environment` file, which is usually `/etc/netdata/.environment` in a default installation.
+2.  If you cannot find that file and would like to uninstall Netdata, then create a new file with the following content:
+
+```sh
+NETDATA_PREFIX="<installation prefix>"   # put what you used as a parameter to shell installed `--install` flag. Otherwise it should be empty
+NETDATA_ADDED_TO_GROUPS="<additional groups>"  # Additional groups for a user running the Netdata process
+```
+
+3.  Run `netdata-uninstaller.sh` as follows
+
+```sh
+${NETDATA_PREFIX}/usr/libexec/netdata/netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env <environment_file>
+```
+
+Note: Existing installations may still need to download the file if it's not present. To execute uninstall in that case,
+run the following commands:
+
+```sh
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh
+chmod +x ./netdata-uninstaller.sh
+./netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env <environment_file>
+```
+
+The default `environment_file` is `/etc/netdata/.environment`. 
+
+> Note: This uninstallation method assumes previous installation with `netdata-installer.sh` or the kickstart script.
+> Currently using it when Netdata was installed by a package manager can work or cause unexpected results.
+
+[![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Finstaller%2FUNINSTALL&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)](<>)
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