Removing eZ Publish

This section describes how to completely remove an eZ Publish in= stallation from a system.

Removing eZ Publish is done in four steps:

Deleting the eZ Publish directory
Removing the database
Reconfiguring Apache (optional)
Removing the cronjobs (optional)
Removing the NFS shares and cluster database (for clustered installatio= ns only)

WARNING! By following these steps, you will remove both eZ Publish and a= ll the data/content that you have put into the system. Everything will be l= ost, unless there are backups available somewhere.

Deleting the eZ = Publish directory

Remove the eZ Publish directory using your favorite tool.

Linux/UNIX

On Linux/UNIX systems, the removal would most likely be carried out usin= g the "rm" command:

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$ rm -Rf /path/to/ez_publish

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Please note that some file/directory permissions might be messed up. If = this is the case, it will prevent a regular user from removing all eZ Publi= sh files. You'll probably have to gain root access to solve this problem.

Windows

Windows users may simply delete the eZ Publish directory using the "Expl= orer".

Removing the database

MySQL

Start the MySQL client, log in using your username and password:
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```
$ mysql -u <username> -p
```
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If the username/password is correct, the client will then present a "mys= ql>" prompt.
Delete/remove the database using the drop command followed by the name o= f the database used by eZ Publish:
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```
mysql> drop database <database-name>;
```
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PostgreSQL

Remove the database by executing the PostgreSQL dropdb command from shel= l:
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```
$ dropdb <database-name>
```
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Reconfiguring Ap= ache (optional)

If a virtual host setup was used, it is likely that the Apache configura= tion files contain eZ Publish specific settings. These settings will not be= needed anymore and thus they can be removed. Open the "httpd.conf" file using a text editor, scroll down to the bottom and remove the eZ= Publish specific virtual host settings. Remember to restart Apache after a= ltering the configuration file.


Removing the cro=
njobs (optional)

If cron was configured to run eZ Publish specific jobs, then these will = have to be removed. You may have to edit a global cron file (under "/= etc/cron*") or use the "crontab" command with the -e (edit) parameter to edit a user's private cron file. Remove the = eZ Publish specific entries.

Windows users should remove any eZ Publish specific tasks from the speci= fic scheduling system they used, e.g. "windows scheduled tasks" (note that = eZ Publish does not install any scheduled task automatically on its own)