2. Unistall Server Agent

Guide for uninstalling the Monitoring Agent (your .deb packaged agent) with different scenarios explained:

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Stop and Disable the Service

sudo systemctl stop monitoring-agent
sudo systemctl disable monitoring-agent

• Ensures the agent is not running anymore.

• disable prevents it from starting on boot.

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Remove vs. Purge

There are two main ways to uninstall Debian packages:

1. Remove (keep configuration files)

   sudo dpkg -r monitoring-agent

   • Removes the package binaries, but keeps configs in /etc/monitoring-agent/ (if you had any).

   • Useful if you plan to reinstall and keep previous settings.

2. Purge (remove everything)

   sudo dpkg -P monitoring-agent

   • Completely removes binaries and configuration files.

   • Use this if you want a fresh clean uninstall.

Optional Cleanup

If logs or runtime data are stored outside the package (e.g., in /var/lib/monitoring-agent/ or /var/log/monitoring-agent/), you may want to remove them manually:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/monitoring-agent
sudo rm -rf /var/log/monitoring-agent
sudo rm -rf /etc/monitoring-agent

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With this, you can:

• Stop and disable the service.

• Remove or purge the package depending on whether you want to keep configs.